Developing a summary measure of medical status

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 395-400

  Fillenbaum, G G ^a   Leiss, J K ^a,c   Pieper, C F ^a   Cohen, H J ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status; Heath assessment; Medical status

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; VARIANCE;

EID: 0032440052     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339886     Document Type: Article

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