Prevalence and causes of functional disability in an elderly general population of Japanese: The Hisayama study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 222-229

  Yoshida, Daigo ^a   Ninomiya, Toshiharu ^a   Doi, Yasufumi ^a   Hata, Jun ^a   Fukuhara, Masayo ^a   Ikeda, Fumie ^a   Mukai, Naoko ^a   Kiyohara, Yutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dementia; Functional disability; Japanese elderly; Prevalence; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84865823783     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20110083     Document Type: Article

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