Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among elderly people in rural Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-414

  Khanam, Masuma Akter ^a,b   Streatfield, Peter Kim ^a   Kabir, Zarina Nahar ^b   Qiu, Chengxuan ^b   Cornelius, Christel ^b   Wahlin, Åke ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cross sectional studies; Elderly; Morbidity; Multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053260470     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v29i4.8458     Document Type: Article

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