Mortality and refusal in the longitudinal 90+ project

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Fernández Ballesteros, Rocío ^a   Zamarrón, María Dolores ^a   Díez Nicolás, Juan ^b   Lopez Bravo, María Dolores ^c   Molina, María Ángeles ^a   Schettini, Rocío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c La Salle University Center ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Attrition in longitudinal studies; Mortality of very old people; Very old

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79960107470     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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