Modeling Disability Trajectories and Mortality of the Oldest-Old in China

Demography

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 291-314

  Zimmer, Zachary ^a   Martin, Linda G ^b   Nagin, Daniel S ^c   Jones, Bobby L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aging; China; Disability; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856510408     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0075-7     Document Type: Article

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