Influence of level of education on disability free life expectancy by sex: The ILSA study

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 997-1003

  Minicuci, N ^a   Noale, M ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADL; Age; Disability free life expectancy, Older population; Education; Hierarchical model; IADL; ImaCh software; Multistate life table method

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; DYING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 27944467822     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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