Disability among Older Women and Men in Fiji: Concerns for the Future

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 149-162

  Panapasa, Sela V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELDERLY CARE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MICRONESIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036988707     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v14n01_10     Document Type: Article

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