Ageing in Asia-The Japan experience

Ageing International

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Tsuno, Norifumi ^a   Homma, Akira ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageism; Asia; Family structure; Health status; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549105491     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-009-9032-9     Document Type: Article

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