Aging population and health inequalities in the rural areas of China

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1210-1211

  Yuan, Zhaokang ^a   He, Xiaoxing Z ^b  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGING; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77953114294     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02892.x     Document Type: Letter

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