Marital status and frailty in older people: Gender differences in the Progetto Veneto Anziani longitudinal study

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 630-637

  Trevisan, Caterina ^a   Veronese, Nicola ^a   Maggi, Stefania ^b   Baggio, Giovannella ^c   De Rui, Marina ^a   Bolzetta, Francesco ^a   Zambon, Sabina ^a,b   Sartori, Leonardo ^a   Perissinotto, Egle ^a   Crepaldi, Gaetano ^b   Manzato, Enzo ^a,b   Sergi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED WOMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WIDOWED PERSON; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FATIGUE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARITAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84974534992     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2015.5592     Document Type: Article

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