The cumulative effect of smoking at age 50, 60, and 70 on functional ability at age 75

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 296-302

  Støvring, Nina ^a   Avlund, Kirsten ^b   Schultz Larsen, Kirsten ^b   Schroll, Marianne ^c  

^a Hospital of Bispebjerg   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ageing; functional ability; longitudinal; smoking

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 12744261773     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940410024176     Document Type: Article

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