The impact of family members on the self-reported health of older men and women in a rural area of Bangladesh

Ageing and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 903-920

  Rahman, Omar ^a   Menken, Jane ^b   Kuhn, Randall ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Co residence; Gender of kin; Self assessed health

Indexed keywords

AGING; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; RURAL SOCIETY; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 11144300246     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X04002314     Document Type: Article

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