Functional disability in elderly Nigerians: Results from the Ibadan Study of Aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1784-1789

  Gureje, Oye ^a,b   Ogunniyi, Adesola ^a   Kola, Lola ^b   Afolabi, Ebenezer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNITY CARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750497063     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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