Comparison of performance-based and self-rated functional capacity in Spanish elderly

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 228-235

  Ferrer, Montserrat ^a   Lamarca, Rosa ^a   Orfila, Francesc ^a   Alonso, Jordi ^a  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Aging; Disability; Geriatric assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT; SPAIN;

EID: 0033081296     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009796     Document Type: Article

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