Evaluation of the health and functional status of older Indians as a prelude to the development of a health programme

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 135-138

  Dey, A B ^a,b   Soneja, Shubha ^a,b   Nagarkar, Kalpana M ^a,b   Jhingan, H P ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Department of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035349319     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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