Age and Ageing

Editorials:

GRAHAM P MULLEY

Age and Ageing: progress and prospect
Age Ageing 1998 27: 1-2; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JOHN R. F. GLADMAN

Assessing health status with the SF-36
Age Ageing 1998 27: 3; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.3 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and reviews:

DIOGENES

Why do some myocardial infarctions go unrecognized?
Age Ageing 1998 27: 5-6; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentaries:

FIONA E. SHAW and ROSE ANNE KENNY

Can falls in patients with dementia be prevented?
Age Ageing 1998 27: 7-9; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.7 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ES J. WILL

Congested states: is there a price for confounding cardiac and renal failure?
Age Ageing 1998 27: 11-12; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.11 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research papers:

STUART G. PARKER, SUSAN M. PEET, CAROL JAGGER, MAHDI FARHAN, and C. MARK CASTLEDEN

Measuring health status in older patients. The SF-36 in practice
Age Ageing 1998 27: 13-18; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.13 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PAUL G. O'MAHONY, HELEN RODGERS, RICHARD G. THOMSON, RUTH DOBSON, and OLIVER F. W. JAMES

Is the SF-36 suitable for assessing health status of older stroke patients?
Age Ageing 1998 27: 19-22; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.19 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TOM R. DENING, LIN-YANG CHI, CAROL BRAYNE, FELICIA A. HUPPERT, EUGENE S. PAYKEL, and DANIEL W O'CONNOR

Changes in self-rated health, disability and contact with services in a very elderly cohort: a 6-year follow-up study
Age Ageing 1998 27: 23-33; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.23 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NANCY HOEYMANS, EDITH J. M. FESKENS, GEERTRUDIS A. M. VAN DEN BOS, and DAAN KROMHOUT

Non-response bias in a study of cardiovascular diseases, functional status and self-rated health among elderly men
Age Ageing 1998 27: 35-40; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.35 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PAULA KIVINEN, PIRJO HALONEN, MINNA ERONEN, and AULIKKI NISSINEN

Self-rated health, physician-rated health and associated factors among elderly men: the Finnish cohorts of the Seven Countries Study
Age Ageing 1998 27: 41-47; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.41 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ANDRE CHARLETT, CLIVE WELLER, ANDREW G. PURKISS, SYLVIA M. DOBBS, and R. JOHN DOBBS

Breadth of base whilst walking: effect of ageing and parkinsonism
Age Ageing 1998 27: 49-54; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.49 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MICHAEL V. HURLEY, JOANNE REES, and DI J. NEWHAM

Quadriceps function, proprioceptive acuity and functional performance in healthy young, middle-aged and elderly subjects
Age Ageing 1998 27: 55-62; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.55 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BRIAN TIPLADY, STEPHEN H. D. JACKSON, VMENNE M. MASKREY, and CAMERON G. SWIFT

Validity and sensitivity of visual analogue scales in young and older healthy subjects
Age Ageing 1998 27: 63-66; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.63 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DAVID MINORS, GREG ATKINSON, NUALA BENT, PATRICK RABBITT, and JAMES WATERHOUSE

The effects of age upon some aspects of lifestyle and implications for studies on circadian rhythmicity
Age Ageing 1998 27: 67-72; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.67 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

CHRISTOPHER A. E. DYER and ALAN J. SINCLAIR

The premature ageing syndromes: insights into the ageing process
Age Ageing 1998 27: 73-80; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.73 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter from...:

DERRICK K. S. AU

LETTER FROM ... HONG KONG: Elderly care in Hong Kong after 1997: innovations and improvisation
Age Ageing 1998 27: 81-82; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.81 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

TONY WHITEHEAD

Old people who forget and then accuse
Age Ageing 1998 27: 83; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.83 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PATRICIA M. CANTLEY and ROGER G. SMITH

Are private nursing home beds a drain or a gain for the acute sector?
Age Ageing 1998 27: 83; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.83-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews:

ARUP K. BANERJEE

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 84; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.84 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NIGEL HARPER

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 84; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.84-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GILLIAN ASHCROFT

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 84-85; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.84-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

VANEET KHANNA

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 85; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.85 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GRETA BRADLEY

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 85-86; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.85-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. K. CONI

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 86; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.86 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PAM SHEPHERD

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 86; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.86-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. MCDONALD

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 86-87; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.86-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. W. OVERSTALL

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 87; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.87 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PETER FLETCHER

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 87; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.87-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CAROLINE WATKINS

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 87-88; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.87-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. KALRA

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 88; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.1.88 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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