Health behaviors associated with better quality of life for older bereaved persons

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-106

  Chen, Joyce H ^a   Gill, Thomas M ^a   Prigerson, Holly G ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 12444257744     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2005.8.96     Document Type: Article

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