JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 140-144 , February 2010

Determinants of Living Situation in a Population of Community-Dwelling and Assisted Living–Dwelling Elders

  • Erika Avery, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Connecticut Health Center, Center on Aging, Farmington, CT
    • ,
  • Alison Kleppinger, MS

      Affiliations

    • University of Connecticut Health Center, Center on Aging, Farmington, CT
    • ,
  • Richard Feinn, PhD

      Affiliations

    • General Clinical Research Center, Farmington, CT
    • ,
  • Anne M. Kenny, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Connecticut Health Center, Center on Aging, Farmington, CT
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Anne Kenny, MD, Center on Aging, MC-5215, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030–5215.

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 This work was supported by a grant from the Society for Clinical Densitometry and the General Clinical Research Center (MO1-RR06192).

PII: S1525-8610(09)00252-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.07.006

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Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 140-144 , February 2010

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