Morbidity and quality of life and the moderating effects of level of education in the elderly

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-149

  Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a   Brilman, Els I ^b   Ranchor, Adelita V ^b   Ormel, Johan ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic morbidity; Education; Elderly; Mental health; Quality of life; Socioeconomic status; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033063968     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00129-X     Document Type: Article

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