Can China afford rapid aging?

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Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jiang, Quanbao ^a   Yang, Shucai ^a   Sánchez Barricarte, Jesús J ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; China; Health status; Long term care; Pension; Social security system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978886127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2778-0     Document Type: Article

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