Quality of life at older ages: Evidence from the English longitudinal study of aging (wave 1)

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-363

  Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^a,b   Wiggins, Richard D ^c   Hildon, Zoe ^b   Montgomery, Scott M ^d,e   Blane, David ^b  

^a Reynolds Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645236035     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.040071     Document Type: Article

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