DATA RESOURCE PROFILE Data Resource Profile: The World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)

نویسندگان

  • Paul Kowal
  • Somnath Chatterji
  • Nirmala Naidoo
  • Richard Biritwum
  • Wu Fan
  • Ruy Lopez Ridaura
  • Tamara Maximova
  • Perianayagam Arokiasamy
  • Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya
  • Sharon Williams
  • J Josh Snodgrass
  • Nadia Minicuci
  • Catherine D’Este
  • Karl Peltzer
چکیده

WHO SAGE, Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, University of Newcastle Research Centre on Gender, Health and Ageing, Newcastle, Australia, Department of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China, Center for Research in Population Health, National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Cuernavaca, Mexico, National Research Institute of Public Health (FSBI, RAMS), Moscow, Russian Federation, Department of Development Studies, International Institute of Population Studies, Mumbai, India, HIV/AIDS/SIT/and TB (HAST), Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA, Institute of Neuroscience, Italian National Research Council, Padova, Italy, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia and Department of Psychology, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa

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تاریخ انتشار 2012