Impairments and Disability in the Chinese and American Oldest-Old Population

Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue , 2008, Pages 305-314

  Moran, William P ^a   Lv, Sihan ^b   Chen, G John ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Age difference; American oldest old; Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Chinese oldest old; Comparison; Disability; Gender difference; Impairment; Multivariate analysis; Self perceived health status; Univariate analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887627210     PISSN: 18772560     EISSN: 22151990     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6752-5_18     Document Type: Chapter

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