Health status in the oldest old. Age and sex differences in the Umeå 85+ study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-126

  von Heideken, Petra ^a   Gustavsson, Janna M C ^a   Lundin Olsson, Lillemor ^a   Kallin, Kristina ^a   Nygren, Björn ^a   Lundman, Berit ^a   Norberg, Astrid ^a   Gustafson, Yngve ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic studies; Geriatrics; Health status; Population characteristics

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KATZ INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33744783691     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03327426     Document Type: Article

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