Does aging mean a better life for women?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 594-597

  Eronen, Minna K ^a   Rankinen, Tnomo ^a   Rauramaa, Rainer ^a   Sulkava, Raimo ^a   Nissinen, Anlikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXHAUSTION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LUNG DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; ANGINA PECTORIS; APTITUDE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXERCISE; FINN (CITIZEN); FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART DISEASE; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RUNNING; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030923135     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb03093.x     Document Type: Article

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