Gender and aging in the developing world: Where are the men?

Population and Development Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 677-698

  Knodel, John ^a   Ofstedal, Mary Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER ISSUE;

EID: 1842587445     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2003.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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