Personality and demographic factors in older adults' fear of death

Gerontologist

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 569-579

  Cicirelli, Victor G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Ethnicity; Externality; Religiosity; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033490841     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/39.5.569     Document Type: Article

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