Later life health in Europe: How important are country level influences?

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-13

  Ploubidis, George B ^a   Dale, Caroline ^a   Grundy, Emily ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Country level variation; Gini coefficient; Health inequalities; Income distribution; Multilevel model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860641665     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-011-0215-3     Document Type: Article

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