Healthy aging for older women

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-143

  Young, Heather M ^a   Cochrane, Barbara B ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RISK; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 2442648049     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2003.11.008     Document Type: Review

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