An exploration of walking activity among older psychiatric inpatients

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 532-536

  Stubbs, Brendon ^a   Cooper Evans, Mia Samantha ^a   Durran, Marianne ^a   Montenegro, Jose Miguel ^a  

^a St Andrew's Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Healthy ageing; Older adults; Pedometer; Walking activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955519473     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2007.14.12.27758     Document Type: Article

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