Assessment of the health status of Greek centenarians

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-78

  Darviri, Christina ^a   Demakakos, Panayotes ^b   Charizani, Fotini ^a   Tigani, Xanthi ^c   Tsiou, Chrysoula ^a   Chalamandaris, Alexandros G ^a   Tsagkari, Christina ^a   Chliaoutakis, Joannnes ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Centenarians in Greece; Longevity and health; Sex differences in health status

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURGERY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 36549073318     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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