Consequences of foot binding among older women in Beijing, China

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1677-1679

  Cummings, Steven R ^a,c   Ling, Xu ^b   Stone, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHINA; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; WALKING;

EID: 0030668669     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.10.1677     Document Type: Article

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