Age, gender, and living circumstances: Discriminating older adults on death anxiety

Death Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 763-769

  Madnawat, A V Singh ^a   Kachhawa, P Singh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34547525769     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180701490743     Document Type: Article

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