The prevalence of diagnoses, impairments, disabilities and handicaps in a population of elderly people living in a defined geographical area: The Gospel Oak project

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 707-714

  Harwood, Rowan H ^b,c   Prince, Martin J ^a   Mann, Anthony H ^b   Ebrahim, Shah ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Cross sectional studies; Disability; Handicap; Health status measurement; Impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0031763767     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.6.707     Document Type: Article

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