Cohabitation among older Adults: A national portrait

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Brown, Susan L ^a   Lee, Gary R ^a   Bulanda, Jennifer Roebuck ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BED SHARING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33644652098     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.2.S71     Document Type: Article

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