How do couples influence each other's physical activity behaviours in retirement? An exploratory qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Barnett, Inka ^a,b   Guell, Cornelia ^c   Ogilvie, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Qualitative study; Retirement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETIREMENT; SPOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETIREMENT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84890402979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1197     Document Type: Article

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