Multidimensional health assessment of 75- and 80-year-old men and women: A five-year prospective study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 212-221

  Laukkanen, Pia ^a   Era, Pertti ^a,b   Leinonen, Raija ^a   Heikkinen, Eino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Neuron   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional capacity; Health assessment; Longitudinal study; Prevention; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUMOR;

EID: 0141886967     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324502     Document Type: Article

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