Angst in Shangri-La: Japanese fear of growing old [10]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1641-1642

  Arai, Yumiko ^a   Kumamoto, Keigo ^a   Zarit, Steven H ^b   Dennoh, Hitoshi ^c   Kitamoto, Masakazu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Survey Research Center Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTITUDE; DEMENTIA; FEAR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; AGED; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 27744449187     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53487_10.x     Document Type: Letter

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