Predictors of perceived health in hospitalized older persons: A cross- sectional and longitudinal study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 420-426

  Kim, Seung H ^a   Wolde Tsadik, Girma ^b   Reuben, David B ^a,c  

^a UCLA Multicampus Prog Geriat G   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0030971785     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb05165.x     Document Type: Article

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