Lower body function and mortality in Mexican American elderly people

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages M243-M247

  Markides, Kyriakos S ^a   Black, Sandra A ^a   Ostir, Glenn V ^a   Angel, Ronald J ^b   Guralnik, Jack M ^c   Lichtenstein, Michael ^d  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0035075619     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/56.4.M243     Document Type: Article

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