Healthy Life Expectancy of Thai Elderly: Did it Improve during the Soap-Bubble Economic Period?

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 861-864

  Jitapunkul, Sutthichai ^a   Chayovan, Napaporn ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health Expectancy; Soap Bubble Economy; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLATION, ECONOMIC; LIFE TABLES; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 0034241116     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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