Medical history, cognitive status and mobility at the age of 90. A population-based study in Tampere, Finland

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-161

  Goebeler, Sirkka ^a,b   Jylhä, Marja ^a   Hervonen, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Cognition; Geriatric disease prevalence; Institutional care; Longevity; Mobility; Nonagenarians

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMORY; PATIENT MOBILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL CARE;

EID: 0038044873     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324494     Document Type: Article

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