Geriatric Conditions in a Population-Based Sample of Older Homeless Adults

Gerontologist

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 757-766

  Brown, Rebecca T ^a,b   Hemati, Kaveh ^c   Riley, Elise D ^a   Lee, Christopher T ^a   Ponath, Claudia ^a   Tieu, Lina ^a   Guzman, David ^a   Kushel, Margot B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Epidemiology; Functional status; Homeless persons; Sensory impairment

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSON; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 85026895811     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnw011     Document Type: Article

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