Cohort profile: The Melbourne longitudinal studies on healthy ageing program

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Browning, Colette J ^a   Kendig, Hal ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AGING POPULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; RESEARCH WORK;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 78149239884     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq137     Document Type: Article

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