Health Related Quality of life in elderly people living in Bandar Abbas, Iran: A population-based study

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-191

  Aghamolaei, Teamur ^a   Tavafian, Sedigheh Sadat ^b   Zare, Shahram ^a  

^a HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aged; Community health planning; Health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955123952     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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