Strategies to enhance longevity and independent function: The Jerusalem Longitudinal Study

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 327-331

  Stessman, Jochanan ^a   Hammerman Rozenberg, Robert ^a   Maaravi, Yoram ^a   Azoulai, Daniel ^a   Cohen, Aaron ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

ADL; Elderly; Epidemiology; Genetics; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SELF EVALUATION; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOLUNTEER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11044224918     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2004.08.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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