The role of vision and hearing in physical, social, and emotional functioning among older adults

Research on Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-191

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Mortimer, James A ^b   Haley, William E ^b   Small, Brent J ^b   Chisolm, Theresa E Hnath ^b   Graves, Amy Borenstein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing; Personality; Social resources; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISION;

EID: 0037366797     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027502250019     Document Type: Article

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