Associations between perception of wellness and health-related quality of life, comorbidities, modifiable lifestyle factors and demographics in older Australians

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-27

  Foottit, Jenneke ^a   Anderson, Debra ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Attitude to health; Health behaviour; Quality of life; Wellness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84858332399     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2011.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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