Self-Perception of Health among Elderly Community Dwellers in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 461-467

  Chan, K M ^a,d   Pang, W S ^e   Ee, C H ^c   Ding, Y Y ^e   Choo, P ^b  

^a Department of Geriatric Medicine   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Factors influencing; Financial needs; Functional state; Health services utilisation; Illness symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF CONCEPT; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SINGAPORE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032113538     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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