Methodology and feasibility of a home-based examination in disabled older women: The Women's Health and Aging Study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

  Simonsick, Eleanor M ^a   Maffeo, Carla E ^b   Rogers, Susan K ^b   Skinner, Elizabeth A ^c   Davis, Donna ^b   Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Fried, Linda P ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

EID: 0030848411     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.5.M264     Document Type: Article

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