Disability free life expectancy in older Italians

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 221-227

  Minicuci, Nadia ^a   Noale, Marianna ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 18144394372     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280400006432     Document Type: Article

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