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Smoking, Physical Activity, and Active Life Expectancy by Ferrucci, Luigi, Izmirlian, Grant, Leveille, Suzanne, Phillips, Caroline L., Corti, Maria-Chiara, Brock, Dwight B., Guralnik, Jack M.

“…The effect of smoking and physical activity on active and disabled life expectancy was estimated using data from the Established Populations for Epidemiologic…”
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American Diabetes Association diabetes diagnostic criteria, advancing age, and cardiovascular disease risk profiles: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by RESNICK, H. E, HARRIS, M. I, BROCK, D. B, HARRIS, T. B

“…American Diabetes Association diabetes diagnostic criteria, advancing age, and cardiovascular disease risk profiles: results from the Third National Health and…”
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Analysis of Change in Self-reported Physical Function among Older Persons in Four Population Studies by Beckett, Laurel A., Brock, Dwight B., Lemke, Jon H., de Leon, Carlos F. Mendes, Guralnik, Jack M., Fillenbaum, Gerda G., Branch, Laurence G., Wetle, Terrie T., Evans, Denis A.

“…Change in self-reported physical function was examined using baseline and 5 years of follow-up data between 1982 and 1991 from the four Established Populations…”
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Black-White Differences in Risk of Becoming Disabled and Recovering from Disability in Old Age: A Longitudinal Analysis of Two EPESE Populations by de Leon, Carlos F.Mendes, Beckett, Laurel A., Fillenbaum, Gerda G., Brock, Dwight B., Branch, Laurence G., Evans, Denis A., Berkman, Lisa F.

“…This study compared the odds of becoming disabled and recovering from disability among blacks and whites aged 65 years and over in two sites of the Established…”
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Population-based studies of AD: message and methods: an epidemiologic view by Launer, L. J., Brock, D. B.

“…Dementia is a growing public health problem because the numbers suffering the disease is increasing rapidly as the population ages. Over the past decade…”
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Functional disability among elderly blacks and whites in two diverse areas : the New Haven and North Carolina EPESE by MENDES DE LEON, C. F, FILLENBAUM, G. G, WILLIAMS, C. S, BROCK, D. B, BECKETT, L. A, BERKMAN, L. F

“…This study examines the prevalence of functional disability (limitation in at least one basic activity of daily living) among elderly Black and White community…”
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Driving Life Expectancy of Persons Aged 70 Years and Older in the United States by Foley, Daniel J, Heimovitz, Harley K, Guralnik, Jack M, Brock, Dwight B

“…We estimated total life expectancy and driving life expectancy of US drivers aged 70 years and older. Life table methods were applied to 4699 elderly persons…”
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Mortality among diabetics in a national sample by Kleinman, J C, Donahue, R P, Harris, M I, Finucane, F F, Madans, J H, Brock, D B

“…The authors compare the mortality experience of a national sample of diabetic men and women with their nondiabetic counterparts. The study population consists…”
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Effect of age and severity of disability on short-term variation in walking speed: the Women's Health and Aging Study by Ferrucci, Luigi, Guralnik, Jack M., Salive, Marcel E., Fried, Linda P., Bandeen-Roche, Karen, Brock, Dwight B., Simonsick, Eleanor M., Corti, M.C., Zeger, Scott L.

“…Standardized objective measures of human performance have been introduced in clinical and epidemiologic studies of older populations. Reliability of these…”
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Prevalence and Correlates of Dementia: Survey of the Last Days of Life by Katalin G. Losonczy, White, Lon R., Brock, Dwight B.

“…Objectives: To estimate the prevalence and correlates of dementia at death and to assess the usefulness of death certificate data in the reporting of dementia…”
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The relationship of diabetes with race, sex, and obesity by Bonham, GS, Brock, DB

“…Noninsulin-dependent diabetes typically has its onset in the adult years, and appears to have both genetic and non-genetic factors in its etiology. Data from…”
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Trends in the health of the elderly population by Brody, J A, Brock, D B, Williams, T F

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Recounts of Elderly Deaths: Endorsements for the Patient Self-Determination Act by Foley, Daniel J

“…Examined circumstances in the last 3 days of life for a sample of 1,227 elderly decedents. Interviews were with a surviving next-of-kin or a nonrelative about…”
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Demography and Epidemiology of Dying in the U.S. with Emphasis on Deaths of Older Persons by Brock, Dwight B., Foley, Daniel J.

“…As chronic disease continues to be the major cause of death and as the elderly population grows, it is important to evaluate the adequacy and completeness of…”
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A Comparison of Elderly Participants in a Community Survey with Nonparticipants by Mary M. E. Adams, Paul A. Scherr, Branch, Laurence G., Liesi E. Hebert, Cook, Nancy R., Anne Marie Lane, Brock, Dwight B., Evans, Denis A., Taylor, James O.

“…In 1982-83, 4,485 persons ages 65 or older were identified by a household census in East Boston, MA; 3,812 (85 percent) of them responded to a health and…”
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Attitudes toward computers: Construct validation and relations to computer use by Brock, Drew B., Sulsky, Lorne M.

“…Attitudes toward computers are generally thought to be composed of two factors:(1) beliefs that the computer is a beneficial tool, (2) beliefs that computers…”
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Comparative aspects of the quality of life in cancer patients by Kaiser, H E, Brock, D B

“…Chronologically, neoplastic diseases can be divided into two categories of which the first includes the fast and aggressive disease groups which exhibit a…”
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An analysis of physician visit data from a complex sample survey by Freeman, D H, Jr, Freeman, J L, Koch, G G, Brock, D B

“…A generalization of ordinary least squares methods is used in the analysis of physician visit data from a complex sample survey. The emphasis, in this paper,…”
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Hospital and nursing home use in the last three months of life by Brock, D B, Foley, D J, Salive, M E

“…We describe decedents' days of care and changes in residence due to episodes of hospital and institutional care in the last 90 days of life. Data are from the…”
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Epidemiologic Characteristics of the United States Elderly Population in the 20th Century by Brody, J. A., Brock, D. B.

“…In 1900 approximately 25 percent of all deaths occurred in people age 65 years of age and over while by 1980 30 percent of deaths occurred in those over age…”
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