Health and quality of life among older rural people in Purworejo District, Indonesia

Global Health Action

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 78-87

  Ng, Nawi ^a,b,c   Hakimi, Mohammad ^b,c   Byass, Peter ^a   Wilopo, Siswanto ^b,c   Wall, Stig ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Adult health; Ageing; Clustering; Disability; Health status; INDEPTH WHO SAGE; Indonesia; Purworejo; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 85097570844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v3i0.2125     Document Type: Article

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