Determinants of disability among the elderly population in a rural south Indian community: The need to study local issues and contexts

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 333-341

  Duba, A S ^a   Rajkumar, A P ^a   Prince, M ^b   Jacob, K S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; depression; disability evaluation; incidence rate ratio; population attributable prevalence fraction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUNGER; INDIA; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84555190979     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001669     Document Type: Article

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