Patterns of subjective quality of life among older adults in rural Vietnam and Indonesia

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-404

  Van Minh, Hoang ^a   Ng, Nawi ^b   Byass, Peter ^b   Wall, Stig ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Indonesia; Quality of life; Socioeconomic; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; VIET NAM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 84862670693     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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