The impact of past conflicts and social disruption on the elderly in Cambodia

Population and Development Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 333-360

  Zimmer, Zachary ^a   Knodel, John ^b   Kim, Kiry Sovan ^c   Puch, Sina ^c  

^a Population Council

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; FORCED MIGRATION; VIOLENCE; WELFARE IMPACT;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33845367149     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2006.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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