The hour-to-hour influence of weather conditions on walking and cycling among Dutch older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 886-890

  Prins, Richard G ^a   van Lenthe, F J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cycling; Older adults; Older people; Walking; Weather

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CYCLING; DUTCHMAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; WALKING; WEATHER; WIND; ACTIMETRY; AGE; AGING; DEVICES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; RAIN; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 84940661392     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv103     Document Type: Article

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