Association of social roles, health, and health behavior of elderly women in Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 684-690

  Džakula, Aleksandar ^a   Bosanac, Sanja Babić ^a   Brborović, Ognjen ^a   Rukavina, Tea Vukušić ^a   Vončina, Luka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CROATIA; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; CROATIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; ROLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 35648948855     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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