Evaluating disability over discrete periods of time

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 588-594

  Gill, Thomas M ^a   Gahbauer, Evelyne A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Cohort studies; Disability evaluation

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BATH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WALKING; INTERVIEW; RECALL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50949095480     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.6.588     Document Type: Article

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