Physical leisure activities and their role in preventing dementia: A systematic review

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 270-282

  Stern, Cindy ^a,b   Konno, Rie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Leisure; Physical activity; Prevention; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876192984     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1609.2009.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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