Health practices and incident disability among the elderly.
- 1 December 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 75 (12) , 1436-1439
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.75.12.1436
Abstract
This investigation examines the relationships between certain personal health practices and point-incident physical limitations over a five-year period among initially physically robust elders living in the communities. Slowed down physical activities (for elderly women) and a history of cigarette smoking (for elderly men) achieved associations with subsequent physical limitations; no firm associations between current lifestyle practices and onset of disability could be demonstrated.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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