The timing of change: Patterns in transitions in functional status among elderly persons

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Anderson, Roger T ^a   James, Margaret K ^b   Miller, Michael E ^b   Worley, Angela S ^b   Longino Jr , Charles F ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031912245     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.1.S17     Document Type: Article

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