Healthy minds in healthy bodies: An international comparison of education-related inequality in physical health among older adults

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-320

  Jürges, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING POPULATION; EDUCATION; EQUITY; HEALTH STATUS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66349105581     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2009.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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