Published in Int J Epidemiol on August 19, 2004
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Validity of questionnaire-based assessment of sedentary behaviour and physical activity in a population-based cohort of older men; comparisons with objectively measured physical activity data. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2016) 0.78
The relationships between body composition characteristics and cognitive functioning in a population-based sample of older British men. BMC Geriatr (2015) 0.77
The Test Your Memory cognitive screening tool: sociodemographic and cardiometabolic risk correlates in a population-based study of older British men. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry (2015) 0.77
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