Attitudes and participation of the elderly in population surveys: Data from a longitudinal study on aging and dementia in Stockholm

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-187

  Von Strauss, Eva ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^b   Viitanen, Matti ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Cognitive impairment; Elderly; Longitudinal study; Participation; Population survey

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031913240     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00242-4     Document Type: Article

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