Health status of community-dwelling elderly with geriatric syndrome

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-230

  Kwon, Jinhee ^a   Yoshida, Yuko ^a   Iwasa, Hajime ^a   Yoshida, Hideyo ^a   Kim, Hunkyung ^a   Sugiura, Miho ^a   Furuna, Taketo ^b   Suzuki, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community dwelling elderly; Geriatric syndrome; Health status; Physical performance; Prevention of long term care status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; SYNDROME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SYNDROME; TOKYO; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 34248662727     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.44.224     Document Type: Article

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