Chronic medical conditions as predictors of functional disability in an older population in Taiwan

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-24

  Chiu, Herng Chia ^a   Mau, Lih Wen ^a   Tasi, Wen Ling ^a   Hsieh, Ying Hui ^b   Liu, Hong Wen ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Elders; Functional disability; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548964765     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2004.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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