Aging successfully until death in old age: Opportunities for increasing active life expectancy

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 654-664

  Leveille, Suzanne G ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a,b   Langlois, Jean A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Body mass index; Disabled; Exercise; Health behavior; Mortality; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

EID: 0033119070     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009866     Document Type: Article

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