Policies and programs in place and under development

The Well-Being of the Elderly in Asia: A Four-Country Comparative Study

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 65-100

  Ofstedal, Mary Beth ^a   Chan, Angelique ^b   Chayovan, Napaporn ^c   Chuang, Yi Li ^d   Perez, Aurora ^e   Mehta, Kalyani ^b   Hermalin, Albert I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Department of Health   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

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