Low cognitive performance, comorbid disease, and task-specific disability: Findings from a nationally representative survey

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Blaum, Caroline S ^a   Ofstedal, Mary Beth ^a   Liang, Jersey ^a  

^a Center on Aging and Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036670947     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/57.8.M523     Document Type: Article

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