Correlates of attributing new disability to old age

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 134-141

  Sarkisian, Catherine A ^a   Liu, Honghu ^c   Ensrud, Kristine E ^b   Stone, Katie L ^a   Mangione, Carol M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Aging psychology; Attribution; Cohort study; Disabled persons psychology; Normal aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MARYLAND; MINNESOTA; OREGON; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035092135     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49033.x     Document Type: Article

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