Gender differences in functional health and mortality among the Chinese elderly: Testing an exposure versus vulnerability hypothesis

Research on Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-388

  Kaneda, Toshiko ^a   Zimmer, Zachary ^b,d   Xianghua Fang, ^c,e   Zhe Tang, ^c,e  

^a Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Institute of Public

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; China; Functional status; Gender; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849118492     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027508330725     Document Type: Article

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