Frailty and mortality among chinese at advanced ages

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-289

  Gu, Danan ^a   Dupre, Matthew E ^b,c   Sautter, Jessica ^b   Zhu, Haiyan ^d   Liu, Yuzhi ^e   Yi, Zeng ^b,e  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Frailty index; Mortality; Old adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 64149094053     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbn009     Document Type: Article

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