Prevalence and correlates of physical inactivity in community-dwelling older adults in Ireland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Murtagh, Elaine M ^a   Murphy, Marie H ^b   Murphy, Niamh M ^c   Woods, Catherine ^d   Nevill, Alan M ^e   Lane, Aoife ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^d DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; LIMITED MOBILITY; MALE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84922986950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118293     Document Type: Article

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