An evaluation of transition in functional states among the elderly in Beijing, China

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 211-216

  Tang, Zhe ^a   Jiang, Jingmei ^b,c   Futatsuka, Makoto ^c  

^a Beijing Transportation Research Center   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Cohort study; Elderly; Functional states; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 0036857150     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.2002.211     Document Type: Article

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