Physical and cognitive functioning of people older than 90 years: A comparison of two Danish cohorts born 10 years apart

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9903, 2013, Pages 1507-1513

  Christensen, Kaare ^a,b   Thinggaard, Mikael ^a   Oksuzyan, Anna ^a   Steenstrup, Troels ^a   Andersen Ranberg, Karen ^a,b   Jeune, Bernard ^a   McGue, Matt ^c   Vaupel, James W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84886800511     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60777-1     Document Type: Article

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