Education, Age, and the Cumulative Advantage in Health

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 104-120

  Ross, Catherine E ^a   Wu, Chia Ling ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030091290     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2137234     Document Type: Article

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