Physical disability in older adults: A physiological approach

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 747-760

  Fried, Linda P ^a   Ettinger, Walter H ^b   Lind, Bonnie ^c   Newman, Anne B ^d   Gardin, Julius ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Medical College of Pennsylvania   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Disability; Epidemiology; Geriatrics; Outcome assessment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027982061     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(94)90172-4     Document Type: Article

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