Life Course Lens on Aging and Health

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 389-406

  Ferraro, Kenneth F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cumulative inequality theory; Life course epidemiology; Longevity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986265830     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20880-0_18     Document Type: Chapter

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