Cross-cultural ranking of IADL skills

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-78

  Truscott, Deborah J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Cross cultural; Function; IADL; Independence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 0034029450     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850050007365     Document Type: Article

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