Individual capital and cognitive ageing in guatemala

Population Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-306

  Yount, Kathryn M ^a   Hoddinott, John ^b   Stein, Aryeh D ^a   DiGirolamo, Ann M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognitive functioning; Guatemala; Individual capital; Life course

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; COGNITION; HUMAN CAPITAL; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 70449381184     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720903165464     Document Type: Article

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