Physical activity patterns, assessment, and motivation in older adults

Gender, Physical Activity, and Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 13-39

  Wilcox, Sara ^a   Tudor Locke, Catrine E ^a   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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