Association Between Social Factors of Health Ageing and Longevity: Determinants of the Longevity Index (LI) in OECD Countries

Ageing International

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 97-105

  Kim, Jong In ^a  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Health expenditure; Longevity index; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901796888     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-012-9178-8     Document Type: Article

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