Socioeconomic status and age identity: The role of dimensions of health in the subjective construction of age

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Barrett, Anne E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PARENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 0037347516     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.2.S101     Document Type: Article

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