Healthcare for the Ageing Populations of Countries of Middle East and North Africa

Ageing International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-12

  Parkash, Jai ^a   Younis, Mustafa Z ^b   Ward, William ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic diseases; Demography; Middle East; North Africa; Population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864133672     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-012-9150-7     Document Type: Article

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