Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 892-899 , August 2010

The Global Activity Limitation Index measured function and disability similarly across European countries

  • Carol Jagger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. AXA Professor of Epidemiology of Ageing, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastel upon Tyne NE4 5PL, UK. Tel.: +44-191-248-1107; fax: +44-191-248-1101.
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  • Clare Gillies

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Emmanuelle Cambois

      Affiliations

    • French Institute for Demographic Studies, INED, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Herman Van Oyen

      Affiliations

    • Scientific Institute of Public Health, Unit of Epidemiology, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Wilma Nusselder

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jean-Marie Robine

      Affiliations

    • French Institute of Health and Medical Research, INSERM, Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • EHLEIS Team

,Accepted 2 November 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: There are no conflicts of interests.

PII: S0895-4356(09)00348-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.11.002

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 892-899 , August 2010

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