Monitoring changes in the health of the U.S. elderly population: Correlates with biomedical research and clinical innovations

FASEB Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 923-930

  Manton, Kenneth G ^a   Corder, Larry S ^a   Stallard, Eric ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GERIATRICS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030770409     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.11.12.9337144     Document Type: Review

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