Effect of impairment and disability on health-related quality of life of elderly: A community-based study from urban india

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 223-226

  Lahariya, Chandrakant ^a,b   Khandekar, Jyoti ^a   Pradhan, Shishir K ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

disability; elderly; health related quality of life; India; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870257300     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.103469     Document Type: Article

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