Health inequalities among older men and women in Africa and Asia: Evidence from eight health and demographic surveillance system sites in the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE study

Global Health Action

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 96-107

  Ng, Nawi ^a,b,c   Kowal, Paul ^d,e   Kahn, Kathleen ^a,b,f   Naidoo, Nirmala ^d   Abdullah, Salim ^b,g   Bawah, Ayaga ^b   Binka, Fred ^b   Chuc, Nguyen T K ^b,h   Debpuur, Cornelius ^b,i   Egondi, Thaddeus ^b,j   Xavier Gomez Olive F ^b,f   Hakimi, Mohammad ^b,c   Hirve, Siddhivinayak ^b,k   Hodgson, Abraham ^b,i   Juvekar, Sanjay ^b,k   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^b,j   van Minh, Hoang ^b,h   Mwanyangala, Mathew A ^b,g   Nathan, Rose ^b,g   Razzaque, Abdur ^b,l   Sankoh, Osman ^b   Streatfield, P Kim ^b,l   Thorogood, Margaret ^b,m   Wall, Stig ^a   Wilopo, Siswanto ^b,c   Byass, Peter ^a   Tollman, Stephen M ^a,b,f   Chatterji, Somnath ^d   more..

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

^c GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^h HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

ⁱ Navrongo HDSS   (Ghana)

^j AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^k KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^l INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Ageing; Burden of disease; Demographic transition; Disability; Health; INDEPTH WHO SAGE; Public health; Survey methods; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857780728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v3i0.5420     Document Type: Article

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