Cultural and social factors and quality of life of māori in advanced age. Te puawaitanga o nga tapuwae kia ora tonu – life and living in advanced age: A cohort study in New Zealand (LiLACS NZ)

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 1393, 2014, Pages 62-79

  Dyall, Lorna ^a   Kepa, Mere ^a   Teh, Ruth ^b   Mules, Rangimarie ^a   Moyes, Simon A ^a   Wham, Carol ^c   Hayman, Karen ^a   Connolly, Martin ^b   Wilkinson, Tim ^d   Keeling, Sally ^d   Loughlin, Hine ^e   Jatrana, Santosh ^f,g   Kerse, Ngaire ^a  

^a Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences School of Population Health   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e LiLAC Study NZ   (New Zealand)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAORI (PEOPLE); MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; ETHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84903178370     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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