Community-dwelling nondisabled nonagenarians: Two-year follow-up: The NonaSantfeliu study [3]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 801-803

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Ferrer, Assumpta ^b   Pérez Castejon, Juan Manel ^c   Pujol, Ramón ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Primary Health Care Centre El Pla CAP I   (Spain)

^c Clinica Barceloneta   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; BARTHEL INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HEARING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34247619526     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01164.x     Document Type: Letter

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