Trends in life expectancy in wellbeing

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-244

  Perenboom, R J M ^a   Van Herten, Loes M ^a   Boshuizen, H C ^b   Van Den Bos, G A M ^b,c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Life expectancy; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

LIFE EXPECTANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0742305778     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025822024481     Document Type: Article

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