Commentary: Disability amongst elderly people world-wide: The need for multi-dimensional health assessment

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 988-989

  Harwood, Rowan H ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CATARACT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENDER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WELFARE; STANDARDIZATION; TOOTH DISEASE;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0346025509     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg309     Document Type: Note

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