Ageing across the Tasman Sea: The demographics and health of older adults in Australia and New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 377-383

  Kowal, Paul ^a,b   Towers, Andy ^c   Byles, Julie ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ageing; demographic; disability; gender; life expectancy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84905591266     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12194     Document Type: Article

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