Rural—urban differences in health and health behaviour: A baseline description of a community health-promotion programme for the elderly
- 1 December 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 34 (6) , 632-640
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14034940600616039
Abstract
Study objective: To (1) describe the setting and design of the Good Ageing in Lahti Region (GOAL) programme; (2) by using the baseline results of the GOAL cohor...Keywords
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