Associations between age discrimination and health and wellbeing: cross-sectional and prospective analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Summary: Background: Age discrimination (or ageism) is pervasive in society. Other forms of discrimination (such as racism) have been linked with adverse health outcomes, but age discrimination has not been well studied in public health. We aimed to examine associations between perceived age discri...

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Main Authors: Sarah E Jackson, PhD, Ruth A Hackett, PhD, Andrew Steptoe, ProfDSc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:The Lancet Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266719300350