The last year of life in Europe: Regional variations in functional status and sources of support

Ageing and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1041-1054

  Hank, Karsten ^a   Jürges, Hendrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADL limitations; end of life research; SHARE survey; social support

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; RETIREMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 77957256724     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000280     Document Type: Article

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