Walking on sunshine: Effect of weather conditions on physical activity in older people

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 474-476

  Klenk, Jochen ^a,b   Büchele, Gisela ^a   Rapp, Kilian ^a,b   Frankev, Sebastian ^a   Peter, Richard ^a   Nikolaus, Thorsten ^c   Denkinger, Michael ^c   Nagel, Gabriele ^a   Weinmayr, Gudrun ^a   Herbolsheimer, Florian ^a   Ludolph, Albert C ^d   von Arnim, Christine A F ^d   Scharffetter Kochanek, Karin ^d   Geiger, Hartmut ^d   Steinacker, Jürgen M ^d   Böhm, Bernhard O ^d   Kirchheiner, Julia ^d   Koenig, Wolfgang ^d   Schumann, Christian ^d   Riepe, Matthias ^a   Rudolph, Lenhard ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Department of Clinical Gerontology ^*  (Germany)

^c Bethesda Geriatrische Klinik Ulm gGmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIVITY PATTERN; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; ELDERLY POPULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMIDITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PUBLIC HEALTH; SOLAR RADIATION; WALKING; WIND VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; SEASON; WALKING; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; WALKING; WEATHER;

GERMANY;

EID: 84861190578     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.128090     Document Type: Article

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