Walking habits and health-related factors in 75-year-old Iranian women and men

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 320-326

  Mosallanezhad, Zahra ^a,b   Salavati, Mahyar ^b   Sotoudeh, Gholam Reza ^c   Nilsson Wikmar, Lena ^a   Frändin, Kerstin ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Health; Old people; Physical activity; Physical function; Walking habits

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

AGING; HEALTH; OLD PEOPLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FUNCTION; WALKING HABITS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84896723670     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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