Functional fitness of older adults

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-209

  Wilkin, Linda D ^a   Haddock, Bryan L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Senior fitness test

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052988637     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2011.596759     Document Type: Article

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