Health status and health seeking behaviour of the elderly persons in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 63-67

  Waweru, L M ^a   Kabiru, E W ^b   Mbithi, J N ^b   Some, E S ^c  

^a Kenya Medical Training College Nairobi   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 23944491268     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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