Short report: Chronic medical conditions and life satisfaction in the elderly

Psychology and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Jelicic, Marko ^a   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Elderly; Life satisfaction; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033462345     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449908407314     Document Type: Article

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