Comorbidity among Older American Indians: The Native Elder Care Study

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-354

  Goins, R Turner ^a   Pilkerton, Courtney S ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Chronic conditions; Comorbidity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649635897     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-010-9119-5     Document Type: Article

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