Understanding the oldest old in northern Japan: An overview of the functional ability and characteristics of centenarians

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-84

  Freeman, Shannon ^a,b   Kurosawa, Hajime ^a   Ebihara, Satoru ^b   Kohzuki, Masahiro ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation Science ^*  (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Aging; Gender characteristics; Health services for the aged; Health status

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; KNOWLEDGE; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT;

EID: 73049105166     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2009.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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