Experiences of age and gender: Narratives of progress and decline

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-158

  Nolan, Jane ^a   Scott, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949158222     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.69.2.d     Document Type: Article

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