Does engagement with life enhance survival of elderly people in sweden? The role of social and leisure activities

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Lennartsson, C ^a   Silverstein, M ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034764589     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/56.6.S335     Document Type: Article

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