The evaluation of disability and its related factors among the elderly population in Kashan, Iran

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Adib Hajbaghery, Mohsen ^a   Aghahoseini, Shima ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VOLUNTEER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35449001217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-261     Document Type: Article

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