Self-rated health and its relationship to functional status and well-being in a group of elderly Guatemalan subjects

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 176-182

  Herman, Dena R ^a   Solomons, Noel W ^b   Mendoza, Ivan ^b   Qureshi, Azhar K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^c St Joseph Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Elderly; Guatemala; International union of nutritional sciences (IUNS); Mortality; Self rated health; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF EVALUATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SUBURBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035225592     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.2001.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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