Factors associated to quality of life in active elderly;Fatores associados à qualidade de vida em idosos ativos

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 613-621

  da Silva Alexandre, Tiago ^a   Cordeiro, Renata Cereda ^b   Ramos, Luiz Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAUBATÉ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Health status; Life style; Quality of life; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349905338     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102009005000030     Document Type: Article

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