Prevalence of impaired activities of daily living and the impact of stroke and lower limb fracture in elderly persons in Japan

CVD Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-194

  Hayakawa, T ^a   Okayama, A ^a   Ueshima, H ^a   Kita, Y ^a   Choudhury, S R ^a   Tamaki, J ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Attributable risk; Bone fracture; Disability; Elderly people; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

EID: 0034445830     PISSN: 10954155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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