Unadjusted prevalence rates: Why they still matter for older adults' disability rates

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65 A, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 545-546

  Fuller Thomson, E ^a   Yu, B ^b   Nuru Jeter, A ^c   Guralnik, J M ^b   Minkler, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NOTE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77951922809     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq031     Document Type: Letter

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