Social determinants of frailty

Gerontology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 402-408

  Woo, J ^a,b,c   Goggins, W ^b   Sham, A ^a   Ho, S C ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Frailty; Lifestyle; Social support; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINESE; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27944473040     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088705     Document Type: Article

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