A systemic-wholistic view of psychological functioning in very old age: Introduction to a collection of articles from the Berlin Aging Study

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 395-409

  Baltes, Paul B ^a   Smith, Jacqui ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; SENESCENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BERLIN; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030929311     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.12.3.395     Document Type: Article

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