Health Needs and Health Status of the Elderly in Rural Bangladesh

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-9

  Hosain, G M Monawar ^a,c   Begum, Afroza ^b  

^a Gonoshasthaya Kendra   (Bangladesh)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Elderly people; Health; Need; Status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PEPTIC ULCER; PERCEPTION; PNEUMONIA; PROPHYLAXIS; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0242636163     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053950301500102     Document Type: Article

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