Positive emotions, physical disability, and mortality in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1525-1526

  Koenig, H G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DYING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033777653     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.2000.48.11.1525     Document Type: Review

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