Characteristics of rural homebound older adults: A community-based study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 363-370

  Ganguli, Mary ^a,b,d   Fox, Andrea ^a   Gilby, Joanne ^a   Belle, Steven ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WIDOW;

EID: 0029864879     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb06403.x     Document Type: Article

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