Cultural aspects of time and ageing

EMBO Reports

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Helman, Cecil G ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; CELL DAMAGE; COGNITION; CULTURAL BIAS; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SENESCENCE; SENILE DEMENTIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME PERCEPTION; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TIME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24744466324     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400402     Document Type: Article

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