Socioeconomic and demographic diversity in the health status of elderly people in a transitional society, Kerala, India

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-467

  Mini, G K ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 69249222894     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932008003003     Document Type: Article

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