Bathing as a potential target for disability reduction in the oldest old

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 200-201

  Berlau, Daniel J ^a,b   Corrada, Maria M ^a,b   Peltz, Carrie B ^a   Kawas, Claudia H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BATH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BATHS; DISABLED PERSONS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 78751474654     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300020     Document Type: Letter

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