Is housework good for health? Levels of physical activity and factors associated with activity in elderly women. Results from the British Women's Heart and Health Study.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on June 01, 2002

Authors

D A Lawlor1, M Taylor, C Bedford, S Ebrahim

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1: Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK. D.A.Lawlor@bristol.ac.uk

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