The health-wealth connection: Racial differences

Gerontologist

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 342-349

  Shea, Dennis G ^a   Miles, Toni ^a   Hayward, Mark ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Health capital; Life cycle model; Race; Wealth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAPITAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029973466     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/36.3.342     Document Type: Conference Paper

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