Social determinants of health for older women in Canada: Does rural-urban residency matter?

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-247

  Wanless, Deanna ^a   Mitchell, Barbara A ^b   Wister, Andrew V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

rural; saging; social capital; social determinants of health; urban; women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79952277897     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980810000140     Document Type: Article

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