Military service and men's health trajectories in later life

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 65 B, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 744-755

  Wilmoth, Janet M ^a   London, Andrew S ^a   Parker, Wendy M ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth curve models; Health; Military service; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACE; SELF EVALUATION; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; VETERAN; WAR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KOREAN WAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 77958192872     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq072     Document Type: Article

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