Factors affecting contrasting results between self-reported and performance-based levels of physical limitations

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 458-464

  Kempen, G I J M ^a   Van Heuvelen, M J G ^b   Van Den Brink, R H S ^b   Kooijman, A C ^b   Klein, M ^c   Houx, P J ^c   Ormel, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VISION;

EID: 0029964912     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.6.458     Document Type: Article

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