Comprehensive health assessment of senior citizens in Al-Karak governorate, Jordan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 334-348

  Youssef, R M ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JORDAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JORDAN; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33645296833     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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