Understanding successful aging: A study of older Indian adults in Singapore

Care Management Journals

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-25

  Nagalingam, Jayanthi ^a  

^a NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; Income; Perception; Singapore; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; SINGAPORE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGAPORE; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 34248579616     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/152109807780494131     Document Type: Article

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