Aging male bodies, health and the reproduction of age relations

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-251

  Pietilä, Ilkka ^a,b   Ojala, Hanna ^b   King, Neal ^c   Calasanti, Toni ^c  

^a Jyvaskyla University   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageism; Generational intelligence; Men's aging; Unmarked status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878452961     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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