The ACTIVE Study: Study Overview and Major Findings

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 3S-20S

  Tennstedt, Sharon ^a   Unverzagt, Frederick W ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897575803     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264313518133     Document Type: Editorial

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