Factors associated with functional ability in Brazilian elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Nascimento, Clarissa de Matos ^a   Ribeiro, Andréia Queiroz ^a   Cotta, Rosângela Minardi Mitre ^a   Acurcio, Francisco de Assis ^b   Peixoto, Sergio Viana ^b   Priore, Silvia Eloiza ^a   Franceschini, Sylvia do Carmo Castro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional ability; Health conditions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857044477     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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