Population attributable risk for functional disability associated with chronic conditions in Canadian older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 738-745

  Griffith, Lauren ^a   Raina, Parminder ^a   Wu, Hongmei ^b   Zhu, Bin ^c   Stathokostas, Liza ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Ageing; Chronic disease; Elderly; Functional disability; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTHRITIS; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 77958568842     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq105     Document Type: Article

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