The effectiveness of educational intervention in the health promotion in elderly people

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 18-23

  Malekafzali, H ^a   Eftekhari, M Baradaran ^b   Hejazi, F ^b   Khojasteh, T ^b   Noot, R Heidari ^b   Falahat, K ^b   Faridi, T ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c Active member of local NGO   (Iran)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health promotion; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954074083     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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