Physical activity of Japanese older adults who own and walk dogs

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 429-433

  Shibata, Ai ^a   Oka, Koichiro ^a   Inoue, Shigeru ^c   Christian, Hayley ^d   Kitabatake, Yoshinori ^b   Shimomitsu, Teruichi ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WALKING;

AGED; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OWNERSHIP; PETS; WALKING;

EID: 84866384722     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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