Demographic determinants for change in activities of daily living: A cohort study of the elderly people in Beijing

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 280-286

  Jiang, Jingmei ^a   Tang, Zhe ^b   Meng, Xiang Jun ^b   Futatsuka, Makoto ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Beijing Geriatric Clinical and Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

ADL; Age period cohort analysis; Elderly

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036559539     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101030200041     Document Type: Article

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