The Swedish Centenarian Study: A multidisciplinary study of five consecutive cohorts at the age of 100

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-253

  Samuelsson, Sven Marten ^a   Bauer Alfredson, B ^b   Hagberg, B ^b   Samuelsson, G ^b   Nordbeck, B ^b   Brun, A ^b   Gustafson, L ^b   Risberg, J ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0345214539     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/XKG9-YP7Y-QJTK-BGPG     Document Type: Article

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