Incidence of and predictors for chronic disability in activities of daily living among older people in Taiwan

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1082-1086

  Wu, Shwu Chong ^a   Leu, Szu Yun ^a   Li, Chung Yi ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Age; Aging; Disability; Exercise; Follow up

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0344562904     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb05231.x     Document Type: Article

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