Problems and problem solving among aging White and Black Americans

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-340

  Barer, Barbara M ^a   Johnson, Colleen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Blacks; Whites

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0037769594     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-4065(03)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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