Health and social conditions of older people in Albania: Baseline data from a national survey

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 549-560

  Ylli, Alban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Aging; Demographics; Eastern Europe; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALBANIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIVER DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 79959716472     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: 21076952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03391616     Document Type: Review

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