Bath aids and the subsequent development of bathing disability in community-living older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1757-1763

  Gill, Thomas M ^a   Han, Ling ^a   Allore, Heather G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathing disability; Cohort study; Environmental assessment; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELECONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BATHS; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 35748978183     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01421.x     Document Type: Article

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