The health status and needs of community elderly living alone

Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-236

  Huang, Lian Hua ^a,b   Lin, Yen Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community elderly living alone; Health status and needs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036731275     PISSN: 16823141     EISSN: 1948965X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JNR.0000347602.81885.69     Document Type: Article

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