Health-related quality of life among community-dwelling elderly people in the general populations of the US and Japan

Japan Medical Association Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 489-496

  Tsuji Hayashi, Yoko ^a,b   Young, Bessie A ^a,c,d   Green, Joseph ^e   Tsuji, Akiko ^f   Hosoya, Tatsou ^b   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^g   Blagg, Christopher R ^a,c  

^a Northwest Kidney Centers   (United States)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Epidemiologic Res and Info Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f National Institute for Research Advancement   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health related quality of life; Japan; SF 36; The United States

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29644433078     PISSN: 13468650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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