Implications of asking "ambiguous" difficulty questions: An analysis of the Second Wave of the Asset and Health Dynamics of the Oldest Old Study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages

  Freedman, V A ^a  

^a POLISHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0034536507     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/55.5.S288     Document Type: Article

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