Decline in health for older adults: Five-year change in 13 key measures of standardized health

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1059-1067

  Diehr, Paula H ^a,b   Thielke, Stephen M ^a,c   Newman, Anne B ^d   Hirsch, Calvin ^e   Tracy, Russell ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADL; Aging; Cognition; Gait.; IADL

Indexed keywords

ADL; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT.; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IADL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADL; AGING; COGNITION; GAIT.; IADL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882348059     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt038     Document Type: Article

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