Physical illness and disability among elderly people in England and Wales: The Medical Research Council cognitive function and ageing study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 494-501

  Parker, G J ^a   Morgan, K ^a   Dewey, M E ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD INJURY; HEART INFARCTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEPTIC ULCER; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; THYROID DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030690139     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.5.494     Document Type: Article

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