Relationships between age and gender differentials in health among older people in China

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1141-1154

  Wang, Dewen ^a,b   Zheng, Jianmin ^c   Kurosawa, Michiko ^b   Inaba, Yutaka ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age relationships; China; Gender differentials; Health differentials; Health indicator; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70350569340     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X09008629     Document Type: Article

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