Limiting long-term illness and household structure among people aged 45 and over, Great Britain 1991

Ageing and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-19

  Glaser, Karen ^a   Murphy, Mike ^b   Grundy, Emily ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great Britain; Health; Households; Older people

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006747947     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X96006277     Document Type: Article

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