Commentary: Dissecting disability trends - Concepts, measures, and explanations

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1261-1263

  Freedman, Vicki A ^a   Martin, Linda G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS;

EID: 33750216761     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl153     Document Type: Note

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