Association between wealth and health among older adults in rural China and India

Journal of the Economics of Ageing

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-52

  Kumar, Kaushalendra ^a   Shukla, Ankita ^a   Singh, Abhishek ^a   Ram, Faujdar ^a   Kowal, Paul ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active disease; China; Disability; Functional limitation; India; Older adult; Physical impairment; Wealth; WHO SAGE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960977886     PISSN: 2212828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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