Does financial disadvantage at older ages eliminate the potential for better health?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 891-895

  Montgomery, Scott M ^a,b,c   Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^c   Hildon, Zoe ^c   Blane, David ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ELDERLY POPULATION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; STANDARD OF LIVING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34848823768     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.055558     Document Type: Article

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