Aging well among women veterans compared with non-veterans in the Women' s Health Initiative

Gerontologist

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages S14-S26

  LaCroix, Andrea Z ^a   Rillamas Sun, Eileen ^b   Woods, Nancy F ^c   Weitlauf, Julie ^d,e   Zaslavsky, Oleg ^f   Shih, Regina ^g   Lamonte, Michael J ^h   Bird, Chloe ^g   Yano, Elizabeth M ^i,j   Leboff, Meryl ^k   Washington, Donna ⁱ   Reiber, Gayle ^c,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^g RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

ⁱ VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

disability; Healthy aging; Quality of life; Women Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VETERANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84960977941     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv124     Document Type: Article

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