ADL Dependence and Medical Conditions in Chinese Older Persons: A Population‐Based Survey in Shanghai, China

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 378-383

  Chen, Peijun ^a   Yu, Elena S H ^b   Zhang, Mingyuan ^c   Liu, William T ^c,d   Hill, Robert ^c   Katzman, Robert ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028937798     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1995.tb05811.x     Document Type: Article

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