Gender differences in health among the Japanese elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-159

  Krause, Neal ^a,b   Liang, Jersey ^a,b   Jain, Arvind ^b   Sugisawa, Hidehiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Older adults; Physical health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031954079     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(97)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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