Living arrangement and unmet needs of assistance in daily living among disabled elders in the community

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 507-517

  Hsiung, Hsiao Fang ^a,b   Wu, Shwu Chong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Disable elders; Living arrangement; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149095263     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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