Structural Advantages of Good Health in Old Age: Investigating the Health-Begets-Position Hypothesis With a Full Social Network

Research on Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 348-370

  Schafer, Markus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

health; retirement community; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875662228     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027512441612     Document Type: Article

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