Quality of life and longevity: A study of centenarians

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-216

  Buono, Marirosa Dello ^a   Urciuoli, Ornella ^a   De Leo, Diego ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adaptation; Centenarians; Quality of life; Religion; Sex

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGEVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0031981754     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.2.207     Document Type: Article

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