Trends in grip strength: Age, period, and cohort effects on grip strength in older adults from Germany, Sweden, and Spain
Grip strength is seen as an objective indicator of morbidity and disability. However, empirical knowledge about trends in grip strength remains incomplete. As trends can occur due to effects of aging, time periods and birth cohorts, we used hierarchical age-period-cohort models to estimate and disen...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-12-01
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Series: | SSM: Population Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827319300175 |