Social and health profiles of rural elderly Malays

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 208-213

  Shahar, Suzana ^a   Earland, J ^b   Abd Rahman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health; Malays; Rural; Social

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0035350778     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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