Adaptive responses among Dutch elderly: The impact of eight chronic medical conditions on health-related quality of life

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-44

  Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a,b   Ormel, Johan ^c   Brilman, Els I ^a   Relyveld, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0031027978     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.1.38     Document Type: Article

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