Self-reported health: A study of older adults from a developing country-Nepal

BioScience Trends

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 102-107

  Chalise, Hom Nath ^a   Saito, Tami ^a   Kai, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developing country; Elderly; Functional disability; Nepal; Self reported health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952309830     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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