Incidence of functional decline and improvement in a community-dwelling, very elderly population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 935-944

  Hébert, Réjean ^a   Brayne, Carol ^b   Spiegelhalter, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aged; disability evaluation; longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1842375742     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009053     Document Type: Article

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