Instrumental activities of daily living as a potential marker of frailty: A study of 7364 community-dwelling elderly women (the EPIDOS Study)

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2001, Pages

  Nourhashemi F ^a   Andrieu, S ^a   Gillette Guyonnet, S ^a   Vellas, B ^a   Albarede J L ^a   Grandjean, H ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STROKE;

EID: 0034953963     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/56.7.M448     Document Type: Article

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