Differences in reporting somatic complaints in elderly by education level

• Authors: Mindaugas Stankunas , Joaquim Soares , Aurima Stankuniene , M. Gabriella Melchiorre , Francisco Torres-Gonzales , Elisabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou , Henrique Barros , Jutta Lindert
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Keywords

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Somatic complaints; Education; GBB-24; Elderly; Europe; ABUEL

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 125-131

Dates

published

1 - 2 - 2013

online

8 - 12 - 2012

Contributors

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Mindaugas Stankunas

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Joaquim Soares

• Department of Public Health Sciences, Institution for Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, SE-851 70, Sundsvall, Sweden

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Aurima Stankuniene

• Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Social Pharmacy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickevičiaus g. 9, LT 44307, Kaunas, Lithuania

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M. Gabriella Melchiorre

• Scientific Technological Area, Socio Economic Research Centre, Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Via Santa Margherita, 5, 60124, Ancona, Italy

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Francisco Torres-Gonzales

• Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Salud Mental” CIBERSAM-Granada University, Av Madrid, 11 PC:18071, Granada, Spain

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Elisabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou

• Department of Sociology, National School of Public Health, 196 Alexandras avenue, Athens, 11521, Greece

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Henrique Barros

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Jutta Lindert

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-012-0093-x