Self-rated health and physical disability in elderly survivors of a major medical event

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Wilcox, Victoria L ^a,b   Kasl, Stanislav V ^a   Idler, Ellen L ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; STROKE;

EID: 0029871941     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51B.2.S96     Document Type: Article

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