Are there education differentials in disability and mortality transitions and active life expectancy among Japanese older adults? Findings from a 10-year prospective cohort study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 67 B, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-353

  Yong, Vanessa ^a   Saito, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active life expectancy; Disability and mortality transitions; Education; Elderly; Japanese

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84859788648     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs029     Document Type: Article

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