Socio-demographic patterns of disability among older adult populations of low-income and middle-income countries: results from World Health Survey

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 337-345

  Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza ^a   Bergen, Nicole ^a   Kostanjsek, Nenad ^a   Kowal, Paul ^a   Officer, Alana ^a   Chatterji, Somnath ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aged; Developing countries; Disabled persons; Prevalence; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84946143716     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0742-3     Document Type: Article

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