Medical sociology: Modelling well-being for elderly people in Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 596-604

  Bourne, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CRIME; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 67649574233     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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