Disability prevalence among the elderly in Brazil;A prevalência de incapacidade funcional em idosos no Brasil

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 967-974

  Parahyba, Maria Isabel ^a   Da Silva Simões, Celso Cardoso ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Elderly; Social and demographic inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845290265     PISSN: 14138123     EISSN: 16784561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-81232006000400018     Document Type: Article

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