Prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of chronic morbidity among elderly people in Kosovo: A population-based survey

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jerliu, Naim ^a,b   Toçi, Ervin ^a,c   Burazeri, Genc ^a   Ramadani, Naser ^b   Brand, Helmut ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Public Health   (Albania)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic morbidity; Elderly; Kosovo; Multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; YUGOSLAVIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 84874397006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-22     Document Type: Article

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