Predicting mortality from community surveys of older adults: The importance of self-rated functional ability

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Bernard, Shulamit L ^a   Kincade, Jean E ^a   Konrad, Thomas R ^a,b   Arcury, Thomas A ^c   Rabiner, Donna J ^e   Woomert, Alison ^f   DeFriese, Gordon H ^a,b,d   Ory, Marcia G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031004404     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/52B.3.S155     Document Type: Article

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