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Predictors of self-reported health among the elderly in Ghana: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Self-reported health is a widely used measure of health status across individuals. As the ageing population increases, the health of the elderly also becomes of growing concern. The elderly go through life facing social, economic and financial hardships. These hardships are known to affe...

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Autores principales:	Fonta, Cynthia Lum, Nonvignon, Justice, Aikins, Moses, Nwosu, Emmanuel, Aryeetey, Genevieve Cecilia
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537992/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28760156 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0560-y

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