Data resource profile: The Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old (SWEOLD)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 731-738

  Lennartsson, Carin ^a   Agahi, Neda ^a   Hols Salén, Linda ^a   Kelfve, Susanne ^a   Kåreholt, Ingemar ^a,b   Lundberg, Olle ^a   Parker, Marti G ^a   Thorslund, Mats ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; HEALTH SERVICES; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MOBILITY; PANEL DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PANEL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXY; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; WORK; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILITY LIMITATION; ORAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84902679038     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu057     Document Type: Article

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