Association of Religious Participation With Mortality Among Chinese Old Adults

Research on Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-83

  Zeng, Yi ^a,b   Gu, Danan ^a   George, Linda K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey; elders; gender differentials; level of involvement; mortality; older adults; oldest old; religious participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650166378     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027510383584     Document Type: Article

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