"Vivre/Leben/Vivere": An interdisciplinary survey addressing Progress and inequalities Of aging over the past 30 years in Switzerland

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 240-248

  Ludwig, Catherine ^a   Cavalli, Stefano ^b,c   Oris, Michel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cross sectional study; Inequalities; Life conditions; Resources

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIFE EVENT; LIFE HISTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84921666584     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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