Low comorbidity and male sex in nonagenarian community-dwelling people are associated with better functional and cognitive abilities: The NonaSantfeliu study [7]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1836-1837

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Pujol, Ramón ^a   Pérez Castejon, Juan Manel ^b   Ferrer, Assumpta ^c   Henríquez, Eduardo ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Geriatric Department   (Spain)

^c Primary Health Care Centre El Pla CAP I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BARTHEL INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 30944448609     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53528_4.x     Document Type: Letter

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