The relation between everyday activities and successful aging: A 6-year longitudinal study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Menec, Verena H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING;

EID: 0037346303     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.2.S74     Document Type: Article

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