A cross-sectional study on health and physical functioning in relation to coping strategies among community-dwelling, ethnically diverse older women

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Laganà, Luciana ^a   Zarankin, Keren ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG MISUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SHORT FORM 36; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77950454598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-10-10     Document Type: Article

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