Prospective study on the relation between living arrangement and change in functional health status of elderly women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 370-378

  Sarwari, A R ^a   Fredman, Lisa ^a   Langenberg, P ^a   Magaziner, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Health status; Social isolation; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032519975     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009459     Document Type: Article

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