Living arrangements of older women and men in Kuwait

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 337-355

  Shah, Nasra M ^a   Yount, Kathryn M ^b   Shah, Makhdoom A ^a   Menon, Indu ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kuwait; Living arrangements; Older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247453671     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023031303608     Document Type: Article

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