How diverse was the leisure time physical activity of older Australians over the past decade?

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-219

  Dafna, Merom ^a,b   Carmen, Cosgrove ^a   Kamalesh, Venugopal ^a   Adrian, Bauman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Elderly; Organised sport; Physical activity; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; BOWLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DANCING; FEMALE; FISHING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; TENNIS; WALKING; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOGA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84860886581     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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