The dynamics of health and its determinants among the elderly in developing countries

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Kim, Younoh ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Dynamic conditional health function; Elderly; General health status; Hypertension; Indonesia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DETERIORATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INCONTINENCE; INDONESIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84947929398     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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