Cultural differences in functional ability among elderly people in Birmingham, England, and Glostrup, Denmark

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-16

  Avlund, Kirsten ^a   Luck, Mike ^b   Tinsley, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Cross cultural; Functional ability; Household situation; Population study; Social and health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 8544242443     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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