Socio-economic position predicts grip strength and its decline between 79 and 87 years: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1921

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 749-752

  Starr, John M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 80054965632     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr070     Document Type: Letter

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