Quality of life, health and physiological status and change at older ages

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1579-1587

  Blane, David ^a   Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^a   Montgomery, Scott M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; CASP 19; Functional limitation; Lung function; Quality of life at older ages

Indexed keywords

AGING; BODY MASS; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATH ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 43049141188     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.021     Document Type: Article

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