Trends in disability prevalence over 10 years in older people living in Gloucestershire

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-342

  Donald, Ian P ^a   Foy, Chris ^a   Jagger, Carol ^b  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohorts; Disability; Older people; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77951917704     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq015     Document Type: Article

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