The health of Australian baby boomers

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-13

  Humpel, Nancy ^a   O'Loughlin, Kate ^a   Wells, Yvonne ^b   Kendig, Hal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baby boomers; Health; Health behaviours; Obesity; Older workers

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR;

AGING; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953732654     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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