Identifying health status and health risks of older rural residents

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-75

  Elnitsky, Christine ^a,b   Alexy, Betty ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031798775     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn1502_1     Document Type: Article

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