The prevalence of chronic diseases and quality of life in elderly people in Samsun

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 335-340

  Canbaz, Sevgi ^a   Sunter, Ahmet Tevfik ^a   Dabak, Sennur ^a   Peksen, Yildiz ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Quality of life; SF36

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHRONIC DISEASES;

DISEASES;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0141559110     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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