Does family support buffer the impact of specific chronic diseases on mobility in community-dwelling elderly?

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-83

  Kriegsman, D M W ^a   Van Eijk, J Th M ^a   Penninx, B W J H ^a   Deeg, D J H ^a   Boeke, A J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Elderly; Mobility; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE;

EID: 0031055064     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638289709166830     Document Type: Article

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