Association of comorbidity with disability in older women: The Women's Health and Aging Study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-37

  Fried, Linda P ^a   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^a   Kasper, Judith D ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Epidemiol   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic disease; Comorbidity; Disability; Geriatrics; Physical function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 0032896456     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00124-3     Document Type: Article

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