Physiological dysregulation and changes in health in an older population

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 862-870

  Goldman, Noreen ^a   Turra, Cassio M ^b   Glei, Dana A ^c   Lin, Yu Hsuan ^d   Weinstein, Maxine ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hospital Mater Dei   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Biological markers; Health; Mortality; Physiological dysregulation; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLISM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33750075775     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.06.050     Document Type: Article

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