Rural-urban comparisons of age and health at the time of nursing home admission

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 118-125

  Duncan, R Paul ^a   Coward, Raymond T ^a   Gilbert, Gregg H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030789404     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.1997.tb00941.x     Document Type: Article

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