The health status of community based elderly in the United Arab Emirates

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Margolis, Stephen Andrew ^a   Carter, Tom ^a   Dunn, Earl V ^a   Reed, Richard Lewis ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Aged care; Ambulatory care; Health status; Middle East

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0038121669     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(02)00174-7     Document Type: Article

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