Prevalence and correlates of functional disability in Chinese older adults

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-261

  Liu, Jufen ^a   Chi, Iris ^b   Chen, Gong ^a   Song, Xinming ^a   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Functional disability; Older adults; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHINESE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VASCULAR DISEASE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 69249088172     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2009.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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