Risk factors for functional status decline in community-living elderly people: A systematic literature review

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-469

  Stuck, Andreas E ^a   Walthert, Jutta M ^a   Nikolaus, Thorsten ^b   Büla, Christophe J ^c   Hohmann, Christoph ^b   Beck, John C ^d  

^a Spital Netz Bern   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Ctr Univ Traitements Readaptation   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Disablement; Elderly; Functional decline

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; INSULIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0032949439     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00370-0     Document Type: Review

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