Health divide: Economic and Demographic factors associated with self-reported health among older Malaysians

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 328-337

  Haron, Sharifah Azizah ^a   Sharpe, Deanna L ^b   Masud, Jariah ^a   Abdel Ghany, Mohamed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Health inequality; Health status; Older Malaysians

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955847603     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-010-9207-2     Document Type: Article

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