Disability in older adults: Evidence regarding significance, etiology, and risk

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-100

  Fried, Linda P ^a,c   Guralnik, Jack M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031012270     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00986.x     Document Type: Review

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