Factors affecting insufficiency in activity daily living in the elderly

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-279

  Palagi, L ^a,b   Paoletti, M L ^a   Alma, A ^a   Re, M ^a   Petrilli, G A ^a   Salerno, F ^a   Murgiano, S ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Elderly; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE;

EID: 0031299762     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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