Local-area age structure and population composition: Implications for elderly health in Japan

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-177

  Vogelsang, Eric M ^a   Raymo, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

age structure; disability; environmental gerontology; Japan; population aging

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; ENVIRONMENTAL GERONTOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION AGING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

AGE STRUCTURE; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GERONTOLOGY; JAPAN; POPULATION AGING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84898992020     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264313504456     Document Type: Article

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