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Volume 11, Issue 9 , Pages 645-653 , November 2010

Does Self-Reported Function Correspond to Objective Measures of Functional Impairment?

  • Yuchi Young, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, School of Public Health, Rensselaer, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Yuchi Young, DrPH, Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, 1 University Place, Room 171, Rensselaer, NY 12144.
    • ,
  • Cynthia M. Boyd, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Jack M. Guralnik, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
    • Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
    • Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD

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 This work was supported by National Institutes of Health grant R37-AG19905 and contract N01AG1–2112. Supported in part by the Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00520-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.12.084

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