Cumulative Advantage/Disadvantage and the Life Course: Cross-Fertilizing Age and Social Science Theory

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Dannefer, Dale ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CROSS FERTILIZATION; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0344585317     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.6.S327     Document Type: Review

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