Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life among an Older Population in a Largely Rural Western Region

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-75

  Borders, Tyrone F ^a,c   Aday, Lu Ann ^b   Xu, Ke Tom ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; TELEPHONE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346156013     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00009.x     Document Type: Review

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