## Abstract ## Background Sustainable costβeffective interventions to improve psychiatric morbidity and quality of life among the elderly have not been systematically evaluated in developing countries. ## Method The most vulnerable elderly living in Pennathur, Vellore district, India, in terms o
Visual and hearing impairment among rural elderly of south India: A community-based study
β Scribed by Deepthi R; Arvind Kasthuri
- Book ID
- 109005638
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 220 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1444-1586
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