Sensory impairments and physical disability in aged women living at home

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 621-629

  Dargent Molina, Patricia ^a   Hays, Michèle ^a   Bréart, Gérard ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Epidemiology; Hearing; Risk factors; Vision

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOME; HUMAN; MODEL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029901050     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.3.621     Document Type: Article

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