International spotlight: Developing a gerontological social policy agenda for Turkey

Gerontologist

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 891-897

  Arun, Özgür ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; Health; Income; Partnership status; Religion and ethnicity; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AGED; EDUCATION; GENDER; GERIATRICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; MANAGEMENT; PARTNERSHIP STATUS; POLICY; POLITICS; RELIGION AND ETHNICITY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TURKEY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EDUCATION; GENDER; HEALTH; INCOME; PARTNERSHIP STATUS; RELIGION AND ETHNICITY; TURKEY;

AGED; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 84888602074     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt071     Document Type: Review

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