Personality, longevity, and successful aging among Tokyo metropolitan centenarians

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-187

  Shimonaka, Yoshiko ^a   Nakazato, Katsuharu ^a   Homma, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; SATISFACTION; TYPE B BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029892962     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/UMWD-64W7-3M2K-2MKJ     Document Type: Article

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