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The effect of socioeconomic factors on quality of life of elderly in Jaffna district of Sri Lanka

Globally, the proportion of the elderly is increasing. In comparison to other Southeast Asian countries, Sri Lanka’s population is rapidly aging. The elderly are a vulnerable age group that requires special attention to live a long and healthy life. As, there was a scarcity of data on the elderly’s...

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Autores principales:	Santhalingam, Sathees, Sivagurunathan, Sivayogan, Prathapan, Shamini, Kanagasabai, Sivapalan, Kamalarupan, Luxmi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2022
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962835 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000916

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