Associations with successful ageing in the "Healthy Old People in Edinburgh" cohort: Being well, fit and healthy

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 336-342

  Starr, John M ^a,c   Deary, Ian J ^a   Macintyre, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal Victoria Hospital Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Functional independence; Older people; Pre morbid intelligence; Predictors of mortality; Self perceived health; Successful ageing

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 0344444326     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324519     Document Type: Article

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