Open AccessExponential Increases in the Prevalence of Disability in the Oldest Old: A Canadian National Survey
Author(s) -
Ma Guay,
MarieFrance Dubois,
María M. Corrada,
MariePierre LapointeGarant,
Claudia H. Kawas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
gerontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.397
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1423-0003
pISSN - 0304-324X
DOI - 10.1159/000358059
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , gerontology , population , homogeneous , environmental health , physics , sociology , thermodynamics
As most studies generally treat all 85+ year-olds as a homogeneous group, little is known about the specific disabilities of the oldest old population, those aged 90 and older.
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