Military service and (dis)continuity in the life course: Evidence on disadvantage and mortality from the Health and Retirement Study and the Study of Assets and Health Dynamics among the Oldest-Old

Research on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-159

  London, Andrew S ^a,b   Wilmoth, Janet M ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative disadvantage; Life course; Military service; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MILITARY SERVICE; MORTALITY; RACE; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 29744455811     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027505281572     Document Type: Article

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