Disability-free life expectancy of elderly people in a population undergoing demographic and epidemiologic transition

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 401-405

  Jitapunkul, Sutthichai ^a   Kunanusont, Chaiyos ^b   Phoolcharoen, Wiput ^b   Suriyawongpaisal, Paibul ^c   Ebrahim, Shah ^d  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c National Health Foundation Thailand   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Disability; Disability free life expectancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CARE; SURVIVAL; THAILAND;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 0043175417     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/32.4.401     Document Type: Article

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