Gender differences as factors in successful ageing: A focus on socioeconomic status

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-111

  Park, Sang Mi ^a   Jang, Soong Nang ^b   Kim, Dong Hyun ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 75349083904     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932009990204     Document Type: Article

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