In their own words: A model of healthy aging

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 927-941

  Bryant, Lucinda L ^a   Corbett, Kitty K ^b   Kutner, Jean S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gerontology; Healthy aging; Self defined health

Indexed keywords

AGING; PERCEPTION;

AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0034910009     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00392-0     Document Type: Article

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