What do retrospective subjective reports of childhood health capture? Evidence from the Wisconsin longitudinal study

Research on Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 698-714

  Haas, Steven A ^a   Bishop, Nicholas J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; life course; longitudinal analysis; physical health; questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957882871     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027510379347     Document Type: Article

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