Health promotion and senior women with limited incomes

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-126

  Morris, Heather M ^a   Ross Kerr, Janet C ^a   Wood, Marilynn J ^a   Haughey, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; NURSE; SELF CARE; URBAN POPULATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 6744259021     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327655JCHN1702_6     Document Type: Article

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