The women's health and aging study : health and social characteristics of older women with disability /

The women's health and aging study : health and social characteristics of older women with disability /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Bethesda, MD : National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, 1995.
Description:	xii, 177, [206] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Aged women -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Statistics. Women with disabilities -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Statistics. Aged women -- Medical care -- United States -- Statistics. Women with disabilities -- Medical care -- United States -- Statistics. Aging -- United States -- Statistics. Aging. Older women -- Health and hygiene. Women with disabilities -- Health and hygiene. Women with disabilities -- Medical care. United States. Statistics.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2501426

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Varying Form of Title:	Health and social characteristics of older women with disability
Other authors / contributors:	Guralnik, Jack Michael. National Institute on Aging. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
ISBN:	0160483905
Notes:	"NIH Publication No. 95-4009." Includes bibliographical references.

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Summary:	DHHS Publication NIH 95-4009. Edited by Jack M. Guralnik, et al. Introduces the Women's Health and Aging Study (WHAS), a prospective, observational study of 1,002 women age 65 years and older who were moderately to severely disabled, but not severely cognitively impaired, at study entry. Presents comprehensive information on their physical disability; health status, including disease and physiologic measures; health care and service utilization; and their daily lives. Describes the representative population of women age 65 years and older from which the WHAS study population was drawn. Data were obtained from November 1992 to February 1995.
Item Description:	"NIH Publication No. 95-4009."
Physical Description:	xii, 177, [206] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	0160483905