Predictors of physical functioning trajectories among Chinese oldest old adults: Rural and urban differences

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-199

  Sun, Fei ^a   Park, Nan ^b   Klemmack, David ^c   Roff, Lucinda ^c   Li, Zhihong ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d China Research Center on Aging   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 75549087677     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.69.3.b     Document Type: Article

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