Health status of the elderly population among four primitive tribes of Orissa, India: A clinico-epidemiological study

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-59

  Kerketta, Anna S ^a   Bulliyya, Gandham ^a   Babu, Bontha V ^a   Mohapatra, Surendra S S ^a   Nayak, Rabi N ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health status; India; Morbidity; Orissa; Primitive tribe

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67349187932     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-008-0530-2     Document Type: Article

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