Health and psychosocial complaints of elderly Ijaw widows in Yenagoa, Nigeria

Gerontology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-207

  Ogungbamila, Bolanle ^a   Adeyanju, Awoniyi B ^b  

^a ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ijaw society; Psychosocial support; Widowhood rites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEVER; FRUSTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; IJAW; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MONOGAMY; MOURNING; NIGERIA; NURSING CARE; POLYGAMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; WIDOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 77949569172     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000251713     Document Type: Article

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