Improved health among 70-year olds: Comparison of health indicators in three different birth cohorts

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 361-370

  Wilhelmson, Katarina ^a   Allebeck, Peter ^a   Steen, Bertil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Compression of morbidity; Elderly; Health status; Physical impairment; Self assessed health; Social factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; RANDOMIZATION; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0038077327     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324463     Document Type: Article

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