Urban older adults becoming unhealthier in modern China: A cross-temporal meta-analysis

Psychological Reports

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 737-747

  Zhang, Tengxiao ^a   Tan, Hao ^a   Wu, Yiling ^a   Han, Buxin ^b   Wang, Ting ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^c Beijing Vocational College of Labour and Social Security   (China)

Author keywords

Cross temporal meta analysis; Older adults; SF 36

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84977151179     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0033294116646160     Document Type: Article

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