Ill, worried or worried sick? Inter-relationships among indicators of wellbeing among older people in Sweden

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 563-584

  Halleröd, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Latent factors; Quality of life; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

AGING; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67749094841     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X09008502     Document Type: Article

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