Social, environmental and psychological factors associated with objective physical activity levels in the over 65s

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  McMurdo, Marion E T ^a   Argo, Ishbel ^a   Crombie, Iain K ^a   Feng, Zhiqiang ^b   Sniehotta, Falko F ^c   Vadiveloo, Thenmalar ^a   Witham, Miles D ^a   Donnan, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84857126955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031878     Document Type: Article

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