Gender differences in physical disability among an elderly cohort

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1406-1411

  Murtagh, Kirsten Naumann ^a   Hubert, Helen B ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 3442893241     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1406     Document Type: Article

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