What is successful ageing and who should define it?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7531, 2005, Pages 1548-1551

  Bowling, Ann ^a   Dieppe, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIET; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LEARNING; LEISURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOCOMOTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL NETWORK; WELLBEING;

AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 29544438304     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1548     Document Type: Article

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