Trends in health expectancy indicators in the older adult population in Belgium between 1997 and 2004

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-146

  Van Oyen, Herman ^a   Cox, Bianca ^a   Demarest, Stefaan ^a   Deboosere, Patrick ^b   Lorant, Vincent ^c  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Disability free life expectancy; Health expectancy; Life expectancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649178216     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-008-0082-8     Document Type: Article

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