Gender Differences in Life Expectancy and Disability-Free Life Expectancy Among Older Adults in São Paulo, Brazil

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Drumond Andrade, Flávia Cristina ^a   Guevara, Pilar Egüez ^a   Lebrão, Maria Lúcia ^b   de Oliveira Duarte, Yeda Aparecida ^b   Santos, Jair Lício Ferreira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY FREE LIFE EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAZIL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78650725170     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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