Eight-year change in functional ability among 70- to 95-year-olds

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-249

  Holstein, Bjørn E ^a   Due, Pernille ^a   Avlund, Kirsten ^a   Almind, Gert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Laegerne i Kirkestraede   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; ageing; changes in functional ability; functional ability; gerontology; longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DETERIORATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SURVIVOR; TREND STUDY; AGING; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447094409     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940601072372     Document Type: Article

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