Does quality of life at older ages vary with socio-economic position?

Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 717-726

  Blane, David ^a   Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^b   Bartley, Mel ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CASP 19 measure; National Statistics Socio Economic Classification; Third age

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548288014     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038507078927     Document Type: Review

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