Healthy aging at older ages: Are income and education important?

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Buckley, Neil J ^a   Denton, Frank T ^a   Robb, A Leslie ^a   Spencer, Byron G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Education; Health; Income

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CANADA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 10844251046     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2005.0030     Document Type: Review

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