The Epidemiologic study of the elderly /

Public health

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wallace, Robert B., 1942-, Woolson, Robert F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Aging and disease: from laboratory to community / Robert B. Wallace
  • The complexity of chronic illness in the elderly: from clinic to community / Linda P. Fried and Robert B. Wallace
  • Risk factors and the study of prevention in the elderly: methodological issues / George A. Kaplan, Mary N. Haan and Richard D. Cohen
  • Ethical issues in conducting surveys of the elderly / Patricia L. Colsher
  • Sampling strategies for studying older populations / Daniel H. Freeman, Jr. ... [et al.]
  • The use of survey methods in research on older Americans / A. Regula Herzog and Willard L. Rodgers
  • The pragmatics of survey field work among the elderly / Frank J. Kohout
  • The use of proxy respondents in health surveys of the aged / Jay Magaziner
  • Epidemiologic studies of the cognitive function in the elderly: rationale, methods, and findings / Patricia L. Colsher
  • Assessing physical function in older populations / Jack M. Guralnik and Andrea Z. LaCroix
  • Epidemiologic methods for the study of health service use by older people / Laurence G. Branch.
  • (cont) Social networks and social support among the elderly: assessment issues / Lisa F. Berkman, Thomas E. Oxman and Teresa E. Seeman
  • Psychiatric epidemiology in elderly populations / Dan L. Tweed, Dan G. Blazer and James A. Ciarlo
  • Epidemiologic research on nursing home populations / Daniel J. Foley
  • Types and quality of data available on the elderly in the 1990 census / Cynthia M. Taeuber
  • Data sets for research in aging: the National Center for Health Statistics / Tamara B. Harris and Mary Grace Kovar
  • The quality and application of death records of older persons / Richard J. Havlik and Harry M. Rosenberg
  • Assessing income and resources of the elderly / William S. Cartwright
  • Epidemiologic studies of aging in historically understudied populations / Patricia L. Colsher
  • Cross-cultural research on aging and health / Jersey Liang and Gina M. Jay
  • Methodological issues in a survey of the last days of life / Dwight B. Brock ... [et al.]
  • Grade of membership analysis in the epidemiology of aging / Kenneth G. Manton and Max A. Woodbury.
  • (cont) Issues in handling incomplete data in surveys of the elderly / Jon H. Lemke and Gregg A. Drube
  • Utility of logistic regression analysis in epidemiologic studies of the elderly / Peter A. Lachenbruch.