Perceived health status and daily activity participation of older Malaysians

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 470-484

  Ng, Sor Tho ^a   Tengku Aizan, Hamid ^b   Tey, Nai Peng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

activity; aging; health; Malaysia; older persons

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 79960501074     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510374751     Document Type: Article

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