Predictors of mobility decline: The Hong Kong old-old study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  Ho, Suzanne C ^a,b   Woo, Jean ^a   Yuen, Y K ^a   Sham, Aprille ^a   Chan, Sieu Gaen ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Community Medicine   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART PALPITATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031468847     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.6.M356     Document Type: Article

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