Activities and mortality in the elderly: The leisure world cohort study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 559-567

  Paganini Hill, Annlia ^a,b   Kawas, Claudia H ^b,c   Corrada, María M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Exercise; Longitudinal; Mortality; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79958281659     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq237     Document Type: Article

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