Socio-demographic factors and self-reported functional status: Thesignificance of social support

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-13

  Koukouli, S ^a,b   Vlachonikolis, I G ^a   Philalithis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Functional status; Living arrangements; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE;

EID: 34248382104     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-2-1     Document Type: Review

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