Successful aging: Predictors and associated activities

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-141

  Strawbridge, William J ^a   Cohen, Richard D ^a   Shema, Sarah J ^a   Kaplan, George A ^a  

^a Human Population Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; aging; cohort studies; health behavior; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0030058416     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008900     Document Type: Article

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