Trends in old age morbidity and disability in Britain

Ageing and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 603-627

  Jarvis, Claire ^a   Tinker, Anthea ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disability; Morbidity; Old age

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032763149     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X99007527     Document Type: Article

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