Morbidity profiles and lifetime health of Australian centenarians

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 227-232

  Richmond, Robyn L ^a,b   Law, Jenaleen ^b   Kaylambkin, Frances ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centenarian; Chronic disease; Health; Medical history

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84871464813     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2011.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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