Open AccessHow healthy is our geriatric population? a community-based cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Sherin Susan Paul,
Vinod Joseph Abraham
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.154653
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , population , gerontology , environmental health , pathology
With the rise in aged population there is a greater need to look into their nutritional and physical disability aspects which is otherwise neglected. The study aimed to assess the prevalence of malnutrition, anemia and physical disability among the community-dwelling aged population.