Comparing models of frailty: The health and retirement study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 830-839

  Cigolle, Christine T ^a,b,e   Ofstedal, Mary Beth ^c   Tian, Zhiyi ^d   Blaum, Caroline S ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Family Medicine ^*

^c Institute for Social

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Disability; Frailty

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRAILTY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETIREMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65449153219     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02225.x     Document Type: Article

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