Association of day length and weather conditions with physical activity levels in older community dwelling people

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Witham, Miles D ^a   Donnan, Peter T ^a   Vadiveloo, Thenmalar ^a   Sniehotta, Falko F ^b   Crombie, Iain K ^a   Feng, Zhiqiang ^c   McMurdo, Marion E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAY LENGTH; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WEATHER; WINTER; HOME FOR THE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASON; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 84900445601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085331     Document Type: Article

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