Early-Life Conditions, Rapid Demographic Changes, and Older Adult Health in the Developing World

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 147-166

  McEniry, Mary ^a   McDermott, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY HEIGHT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84939560540     PISSN: 19485565     EISSN: 19485573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2015.1047488     Document Type: Article

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