The impact of socio-contextual, physical and lifestyle variables on measures of physical and psychological wellbeing among Māori and non-Māori: The New Zealand Health, Work and Retirement Study

Ageing and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1406-1424

  Dulin, Patrick L ^a   Stephens, Christine ^b   Alpass, Fiona ^b   Hill, Robert D ^c   Stevenson, Brendan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; culture; health; longitudinal; M ori

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LABOR SUPPLY; LIVING STANDARD; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84862890894     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10001479     Document Type: Article

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