Health, disability, and marital quality: Is the association different for younger versus older cohorts?

Research on Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 623-648

  Yorgason, Jeremy B ^a   Booth, Alan ^b   Johnson, David ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Health; Marital quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 53449096218     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027508322570     Document Type: Article

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