Factors associated with successful ageing

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-37

  Jorm, Anthony F ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Henderson, A Scott ^a   Jacomb, Patricia A ^a   Korten, Ailsa E ^a   Mackinnon, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0002241610     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1998.tb00222.x     Document Type: Article

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