Social Determinants of Active Aging: Differences in Mortality and the Loss of Healthy Life between Different Income Levels among Older Japanese in the AGES Cohort Study

We examined the relationship between income, mortality, and loss of years of healthy life in a sample of older persons in Japan. We analyzed 22,829 persons aged 65 or older who were functionally independent at baseline as a part of the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES). Two outcome measur...

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Main Authors: Hirai, Hiroshi, Kondo, Katsunori, Kawachi, Ichiro
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458408/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23028385
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/701583
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