Determinants of old-age mortality in Taiwan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 457-470

  Zimmer, Zachary ^a   Martin, Linda G ^a   Lin, Hui Sheng ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Asia; Education; Functional limitations; Mainlanders; Mortality; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; TIME;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 8644232387     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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