Does socio-economic advantage lead to a longer, healthier old age?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2489-2499

  Matthews, Ruth J ^a   Jagger, Carol ^a   Hancock, Ruth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthy life expectancy; Longitudinal studies; Older people; Socio economic status; UK

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645052987     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.019     Document Type: Article

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