Health status of the older population in Estonia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 663-668

  Saks, Kai ^a   Kolk, Helgi ^a   Allev, Raivo ^b   Soots, Annely ^b   Kõiv, Kadri ^b   Paju, Inge ^c   Jaanson, Kadri ^b   Schneider, Galina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics   (Estonia)

^c TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Age factors; Aged; Cardiovascular diseases; Cognition disorders; Depressive disorder; Estonia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0035694711     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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