Active life in old age. Combining measures of functional ability and social participation

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 345-349

  Avlund, K ^a   Holstein, B E ^a   Lykke Mortensen, E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MEMORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032819607     PISSN: 09078916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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