Physical activity benefits various aspects of healthy aging

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1172-1173

  Sun, Qi ^a   Hu, Frank B ^a,b   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

AGING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954606817     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.200     Document Type: Note

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