Changes in activities of daily living (ADL) among elderly Chinese by marital status, living arrangement, and availability of healthcare over a 3-year period

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-141

  Wang, Dewen ^a,b,c   Zheng, Jianmin ^c   Kurosawa, Michiko ^b   Inaba, Yutaka ^b   Kato, Noriko ^d  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Change in ADL; Elderly in China; Health care; Living arrangement; Marital status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77249098839     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-008-0072-7     Document Type: Article

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