Morbidity, comorbidity, and their association with disability among community-dwelling oldest-old in Israel

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages

  Fuchs, Zahava ^a   Blumstein, Tzvia ^a   Novikov, Ilya ^a   Walter Ginzburg, Adrian ^a   Lyanders, Michael ^a   Gindin, Jacob ^a   Habot, Beni ^a   Modan, Baruch ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031727524     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/53A.6.M447     Document Type: Article

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