How older people in the United States and Germany fared in the growth years of the 1980s: A cross-sectional versus a longitudinal view

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Burkhauser, Richard V ^a   Cutts, Amy Crews ^b   Lillard, Dean R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b FREDDIE MAC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 0032853683     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.5.S279     Document Type: Article

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