The prevalence of dizzines and its association with functional disability in a biracial community population

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages

  Aggarwal, Neelum T ^a,b,c   Bennett, David A ^a,b,c   Bienias, Julia L ^b   Mendes De Leon, Carlos F ^b   Morris, Martha Clare ^b   Evans, Denis A ^a,b,c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; VERTIGO; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHICAGO; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; VERTIGO;

EID: 0034183788     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.5.M288     Document Type: Article

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