A population-based study on well-being in the very old: The role of cardiovascular diseases and drugs

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-297

  Westerbotn, Margareta ^a,b,c   Agüero Torres, Hedda ^b,c   Fastbom, Johan ^b,c   Hillerås, Pernilla ^a,b,c  

^a SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular drugs; Old people; Population based; Well being

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

EID: 16244381738     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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