Marital status and long-term illness in Great Britain

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 156-164

  Murphy, Mike ^a   Glaser, Karen ^b   Grundy, Emily ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great Britain; Health; Marital status; Older persons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041106826     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353669     Document Type: Article

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