Psychological predictors of mortality in old age

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Maier, Heiner ^a,b   Smith, Jacqui ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0032963209     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.1.P44     Document Type: Article

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