The Health of the "Older Women" in Accra, Ghana: Results of the Women's Health Study of Accra

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-314

  Duda, Rosemary B ^a   Anarfi, John K ^b   Adanu, Richard M K ^b   Seffah, Joseph ^b   Darko, Rudolph ^b   Hill, Allan G ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic diseases; Ghana; Sub Saharan Africa; West Africa; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALARIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALARIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79960463053     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-011-9148-8     Document Type: Article

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