The Association of Health and Income in the Elderly: Experience from a Southern State of Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Fillenbaum, Gerda G ^a,b   Blay, Sergio L ^c   Pieper, Carl F ^a,d   King, Katherine E ^e   Andreoli, Sergio B ^c   Gastal, Fábio L ^f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Sistema de Saúde Mãe de Deus   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; KIDNEY DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84884161651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073930     Document Type: Article

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