Measuring the health of the Indian elderly: Evidence from National Sample Survey data

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chen, Bradley ^a   Mahal, Ajay ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

INDIA;

EID: 78149494955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-8-30     Document Type: Article

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