How does self-assessed health change with age? A study of older adults in Japan

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Liang, Jersey ^a,b,e   Shaw, Benjamin A ^c   Krause, Neal ^a,b   Bennett, Joan M ^a   Kobayashi, Erika ^d   Fukaya, Taro ^d   Sugihara, Yoko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 21244467167     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.4.S224     Document Type: Article

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