Do or decline?: Comparing the effects of physical inactivity on biopsychosocial components of successful aging

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 688-696

  Meisner, Brad A ^a   Dogra, Shilpa ^a   Logan, A Jane ^a   Baker, Joseph ^a   Weir, Patricia L ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

biological aging; older adults; physical activity; preventive medicine; psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77954418751     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105310368184     Document Type: Article

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