Environmental and social determinants of aging perception in metropolitan and rural areas of Southern Italy

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-357

  Lucchetti, Maria ^a   Corsonello, Andrea ^a   Gattaceca, Romina ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disability of elderly; Health status of elderly people; Rural and metropolitan differences in aging perception

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WIDOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ITALY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 41249092738     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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