New and worsening conditions and change in physical and cognitive performance during weekly evaluations over 6 months: The Women's Health and Aging Study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1999, Pages

  Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a,b   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a,c   Kasper, Judith D ^d   Leveille, Suzanne G ^a   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^d   Fried, Linda P ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b Geriatric Department   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032824658     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.8.M410     Document Type: Article

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