Veterans and functional status transitions in older Americans

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 943-949

  Liu, Xian ^a,b   Engel Jr , Charles ^a,b   Kang, Han ^c   Armstrong, David W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; VETERAN;

EID: 33750060296     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.10.943     Document Type: Article

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