The competing effects of disease states on quality of life of the elderly: The case of urinary symptoms in men

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 93-99

  Mozes, B ^a   Maor, Y ^a   Shmueli, A ^b  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health perception; Physical functioning; Population survey; QoL; SF 36 domains; Urinary symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0032782893     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026424911444     Document Type: Article

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