Health characteristics of adults aged 55 years and over: United States, 2004-2007

National Health Statistics Reports

Volumn , Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Schoenborn, Charlotte A ^a   Heyman, Kathleen M ^a  

^a Division of Health Interview Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health behaviors; Health status; National Health Interview Survey

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951240222     PISSN: 21648344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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