Effect of new disability subtype on 3-year mortality in Chinese older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1952-1958

  Feng, Qiushi ^a   Hoenig, Helen M ^a,b   Gu, Danan ^a   Yi, Zeng ^a,c   Purser, Jama L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Mortality; Physical disability; Physical performance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABLED PERSON; FOLLOW UP; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049412713     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03013.x     Document Type: Article

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