The prevalence and social patterning of chronic diseases among older people in a population undergoing health transition. A 10/66 Group cross-sectional population-based survey in the Dominican Republic

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Acosta, Daisy ^a   Rottbeck, Ruth ^b   Rodríguez, Juana G ^c   Gonzlez, Loida M ^d   Almnzar, Mary R ^d   Minaya, Susana N ^d   Ortiz, Maria Del C ^d   Ferri, Cleusa P ^e   Prince, Martin J ^e  

^a Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena   (Dominican Republic)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Butare   (Rwanda)

^c Ministerio de Salud Pública   (Dominican Republic)

^d Laboratorio Nacional Dr Defillá   (Dominican Republic)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77953492662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-344     Document Type: Article

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