Self-reported prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases and associated factors among older adults in south africa

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Phaswana Mafuya, Nancy ^a,b   Peltzer, Karl ^a,c   Chirinda, Witness ^a   Musekiwa, Alfred ^d   Kose, Zamakayise ^a   Hoosain, Ebrahim ^a,b   Davids, Adlai ^a   Ramlagan, Shandir ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ageing; Chronic non communicable diseases; Self reported; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; SELF REPORT; SELF-REPORTED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VERY ELDERLY; LUNG DISEASES; STROKE;

AGEING; CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; SELF-REPORTED; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE;

EID: 84886245399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20936     Document Type: Article

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