Ways of healthy aging: A case study of elderly people in a Northern Thai village

Health Promotion International

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 394-403

  Danyuthasilpe, Chuleekorn ^a,b   Amnatsatsue, Kwanjai ^a   Tanasugarn, Chanuantong ^a   Kerdmongkol, Patcharaporn ^a   Steckler, Allan B ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnographic study; Healthy aging; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THAILAND;

EID: 72649090691     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dap038     Document Type: Article

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