Physical activity, fitness, and gender in relation to morbidity, survival, quality of life, and independence in older age

Gender, Physical Activity, and Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 99-120

  Paterson, Donald H ^a   Stathokostas, Liza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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