Middle-aged and mobility-limited: Prevalence of disability and symptom attributions in a national survey

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1091-1096

  Gardener, Elizabeth A ^a   Huppert, Felicia A ^b   Guralnik, Jack M ^c   Melzer, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Middle aged; Mobility limited; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 33748361359     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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