Influence of biopsychosocial factors on the functional capacity of the elderly living in Brazil's Northeast;Influência dos fatores biopsicossociais sobre a capacidade funcional de idosos residentes no nordestes do Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-189

  Maciel, Álvaro Campos Cavalcanti ^a,b   Guerra, Ricardo Oliveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activities of daily life; Elderly; Functional capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447558027     PISSN: 1415790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-790x2007000200006     Document Type: Article

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