Healthy ageing is associated with reduced and delayed disability

Age and Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-148

  Simons, Leon A ^a   McCallum, John ^b   Friedlander, Yechiel ^c   Simons, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ageing; Disability; Hospitalization; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STROKE;

EID: 0034031983     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/29.2.143     Document Type: Article

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