Health status of hospitalised elderly in morogoro regional hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 489-492

  Nyaruhucha, C N M ^a   Msuya, J M ^a   Augustino, B ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0035468962     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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