Prevalence and correlates of physical disability and functional limitation among community dwelling older people in rural Malaysia, a middle income country

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hairi, Noran N ^a,b   Bulgiba, Awang ^a   Cumming, Robert G ^b,c,d   Naganathan, Vasi ^c   Mudla, Izzuna ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77955637267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-492     Document Type: Article

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