Difficulty and dependence: Two components of the disability continuum among community-living older persons

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 96-101

  Gill, Thomas M ^a   Robison, Julie T ^a,b   Tinetti, Mary E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031973142     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-2-199801150-00004     Document Type: Article

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