Older women in Australia: Ageing in urban, rural and remote environments

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-157

  Byles, Julie ^a   Powers, Jennifer ^a   Chojenta, Catherine ^a   Warner Smith, Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age factors; Rural health services; Urban health services; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948962679     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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