Trends in health status and the use of services among the 80-84-year-old Finnish war veterans during 1992 and 2004

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 434-441

  Leskinen, M Riita ^a   Koistinen, Pentti O i ^a   Antikainen, Riitta L ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina K m ^b   Tuomilehto, Jaakko O i ^b   Aulikki Nissinen, M ^b   Peltonen, Markku ^b  

^a Oulu Equine Hospital   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

cross sectional study; functional capacity; rehabilitation; self rated health; war veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; VETERANS; WALKING;

EID: 77953457691     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810367730     Document Type: Article

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