The effects of the Columbia shuttle disaster on the daily lives of older adults: Findings from the VA Normative Aging Study

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-281

  Neupert, S D ^a   Almeida, D M ^b   Mroczek, D K ^c   Spiro III, A ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISASTERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPACE FLIGHT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VETERANS;

EID: 33745727956     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860500409682     Document Type: Article

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