Adopting the ICF language for studying late-life disability: A field of dreams?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1172-1174

  Freedman, Vicki A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LANGUAGE; NOTE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LANGUAGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70350444438     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp095     Document Type: Editorial

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