Trends in the health status of older Koreans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 592-598

  Jang, Soong Nang ^a   Kim, Dong Hyun ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disability; Health behavior; Morbidity; Mortality; Older Koreans; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KOREA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; SELF CONCEPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77949377257     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02744.x     Document Type: Article

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