Aging, health risks, and cumulative disability

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1035-1041

  Vita, Anthony J ^a   Terry, Richard B ^a   Hubert, Helen B ^a   Fries, James F ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032499141     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199804093381506     Document Type: Article

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