Gender and rural-urban differences in reported health status by older people in Bangladesh

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-91

  Kabir, Zarina Nahar ^a   Tishelman, Carol ^b   Agüero Torres, Hedda ^a   Chowdhury, A M R ^c   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Höjer, Bengt ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Developing country; Functional status; Older population; Self reported health problem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH ULCER; THORAX PAIN; URBAN AREA; VERTIGO;

EID: 0038460818     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(03)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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