Preclinical mobility disability predicts incident mobility disability in older women

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Fried, Linda P ^a,b,c   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^b   Chaves, Paulo H M ^b   Johnson, Brent A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Medicine and Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMBING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MOBILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; WALKING;

EID: 0034100335     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.1.M43     Document Type: Article

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