Determinants of functional status in healthy Italian nonagenarians and centenarians: A comprehensive functional assessment by the instruments of geriatric practice

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1196-1202

  Ravaglia, Giovanni ^a,e   Forti, Paola ^a   Maioli, Fabiola ^a   Boschi, Federica ^a   Cicognani, Annalena ^a   Bernardi, Mauro ^a   Pratelli, Loredana ^b   Pizzoferrato, Arturo ^b   Porcu, Sebastiano ^c   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^d  

^a St Orsola Hospital   (Italy)

^b Rizzoli Institute Laboratory

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE MASS; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING;

EID: 0030883781     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb03769.x     Document Type: Article

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