Health Status and Well-Being of the Elderly: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study

Introduction PART I: STUDY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION: Helen E. Barbano, Bruce B. Cohen, Joel C. Kleinman, Jennifer H. Madans, Jacob J. Feldman, & Joan C. Cornoni-Huntley: Objectives, design and implementation Jennifer H. Madans, Joel C. Kleinman, Christine S. Cox, & Fanchon F. Finucane: Effectiveness of field operations: data collections and tracing PART II: THE ASSOCIATION OF RISK FACTORS WITH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FROM SPECIFIC DISEASES: Andrea Z. LaCroix, Steven Lipson, & Lon R. White: Infectious diseases Paul E. Leaverton, Richard J. Havlik, & Lillian Ingster-Moore: Coronary heart disease Arthur S. Scatzkin, D. Yvonne Jones, Tamara B. Harris, Phillip R. Taylor, Robert N. Hoover, Christine L. Carter, Regina G. Ziegler, & Louise A. Brinton: Cancer Lon R. White, Katalin G. Losonczy, & Philip A. Wolf: Cerebrovascular disease Reva C. Lawrence, Donald F. Everett, & Marc C. Hochberg: Arthritis PART III: MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH SOCIAL AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Diane M. Makuc, Jacob J. Feldman, Joel C. Kleinman, & Mitchel B. Pierre, Jr.: Socio-demographic differences Mary C. Dufour, James D. Colliver, M. Beth Grigson, & Frederick S. Stinson: Use of alcohol and tobacco Suzanne P. Murphy, Donald F. Everett, & Connie M. Dresser: Dietary patterns Paul T. Costa Jr., Robert R. McCrae, & Ben Z. Locke: Personality variables Daniel J. Foley, Laurence G. Branch, Jennifer H. Madans, Dwight B. Brock, Jack M. Guralnik, & T. Franklin Williams: Physical functioning.