Quality of life from the perspectives of older people

Ageing and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 675-691

  Gabriel, Zahava ^a   Bowling, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Older people; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 4644337517     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X03001582     Document Type: Article

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