Assessment of quality of life among rural and urban elderly population of Wardha district, Maharashtra, India

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-93

  Mudey, Abhay ^a   Ambekar, Shrikant ^a   Goyal, Ramchandra C ^a   Agarekar, Sushil ^a   Wagh, Vasant V ^a  

^a DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ageing; Domains of QOL; Elderly; Geriatric care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052340888     PISSN: 09735070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2011.11886394     Document Type: Article

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