Regional variations in and correlates of disability-free life expectancy among older adults in China

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Liu, Jufen ^a,b   Chen, Gong ^a   Chi, Iris ^c   Wu, Jilei ^a   Pei, Lijun ^a   Song, Xinming ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Pang, Lihua ^a   Han, Youli ^d   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS;

CENSUSES; CHINA; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77955600637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-446     Document Type: Article

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