Socio-economic position and subjective health and well-being among older people in Europe: a systematic narrative review.

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Published in Aging Ment Health on March 25, 2015

Authors

Sanna Read1, Emily Grundy1, Else Foverskov1

Author Affiliations

1: a Department of Social Policy , London School of Economics and Political Science , London , United Kingdom.

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