Social factors associated with centenarian rate (CR) in 32 OECD countries

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Kim, Jong In ^a  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Centenarian rate; Expenditure on health; Fixed telephone; Human development index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CENTENARIAN RATE; GOVERNMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84874690442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-13-16     Document Type: Article

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