Quality of life in older ages

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-126

  Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^a,b   Blane, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Reynolds Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Ageing; Dementia; Depression; Ethnic differences; Health related; Perceptions; Quality of life; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 40849104860     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldn003     Document Type: Review

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