Attitudes toward embodied old age among Swedes

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-153

  Öberg, Peter ^a   Tornstam, Lars ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FITNESS; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SWEDEN;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0141520320     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/CDGJ-6WFA-HXA2-X967     Document Type: Article

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