What are the health expectancies of the elderly? Conflicting research results indicate both improved and neglected health;Hur mår egentligen de äldre? Motstridiga forskningsresultat tyder på både förbättrad och försämrad hälsa

Lakartidningen

Volumn 102, Issue 43, 2005, Pages 3119-3124

  Thorslund, Mats ^a,b   Parker, Marti G ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 27644455173     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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