Understanding ageing in older Australians: The contribution of the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project to the evidence base and policy

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.2, 2011, Pages 24-31

  Anstey, Kaarin J ^a   Bielak, Allison A M ^a   Birrell, Carole L ^b   Browning, Colette J ^c   Burns, Richard A ^a   Byles, Julie ^d   Kiely, Kim M ^a   Nepal, Binod ^e   Ross, Lesley A ^f   Steel, David ^b   Windsor, Timothy D ^a   Booth, H ^g   Broe, A ^g   Brown, L ^g   Butterworth, P ^g   Cumming, R ^g   Gibson, R ^g   Healy, J ^g   Luszcz, M A ^g   Mitchell, P ^g   Shaw, J ^g   more..

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Data pooling; Disability; Longitudinal study; Mental health

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 80055039195     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2011.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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