Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 68-75, July 2010

Profiles of functioning as predictors of mortality in old age: The advantage of a configurative approach

  • Dov Shmotkin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    • The Herczeg Institute on Aging, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Psychology, Tel.: Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 640 8937; fax: +972 3 967 0381.
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  • Liat Lerner-Geva

      Affiliations

    • The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
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  • Jiska Cohen-Mansfield

      Affiliations

    • The Herczeg Institute on Aging, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    • Department of Health Promotion, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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  • Tzvia Blumstein

      Affiliations

    • The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
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  • Nitza Eyal

      Affiliations

    • The Herczeg Institute on Aging, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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  • Aviva Shorek

      Affiliations

    • The Herczeg Institute on Aging, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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  • Gitit Kave

      Affiliations

    • The Herczeg Institute on Aging, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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  • Haim Hazan

      Affiliations

    • The Herczeg Institute on Aging, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    • Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

Received 8 December 2008; received in revised form 22 July 2009; accepted 30 July 2009. published online 14 September 2009.

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PII: S0167-4943(09)00179-4

doi:10.1016/j.archger.2009.07.010

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 68-75, July 2010