Lifestyle of the elderly in rural and urban Malaysia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1114, Issue , 2007, Pages 317-325

  Selvaratnam, Doris Padmini ^a   Tin, Poo Bee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Economic and social implication; Healthy aging; Lifestyle; Longevity; Social network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; JOB SECURITY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; RETIREMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 35949003238     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1396.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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