Attributes of age-identity

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-500

  Bowling, Ann ^a   See Tai, Sharon ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^b   Gabriel, Zahava ^a   Solanki, Priyha ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age identity; Ageing; Attitudes to ageing; Self perceived age; Subjective age

Indexed keywords

AGE; ELDERLY POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22744440029     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X05003818     Document Type: Article

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