Study design and methods of the Ansan Geriatric Study (AGE study)

BMC Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Han, Changsu ^a   Jo, Sangmee Ahn ^b   Kim, Nan Hee ^a   Jo, Inho ^c   Park, Moon Ho ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTH KOREA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 62849114763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-10     Document Type: Article

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