Examining late-life functional limitation trajectories and their associations with underlying onset, recovery, and mortality

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 275-286

  Zimmer, Zachary ^a   Martin, Linda G ^b   Jones, Bobby L ^c   Nagin, Daniel S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Disability; Epidemiology; Functional health status

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL HEALTH STATUS.; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL HEALTH STATUS.;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84894260788     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt099     Document Type: Article

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