Health capital, life course and ageing

Gerontology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 96-101

  Guimarães, Renato Maia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ageing, health; Health capital; Life course; Trajectory, health

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AFFECT; AGING; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CELL REGENERATION; COGNITION; EDUCATION; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TISSUE REPAIR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33847173277     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096483     Document Type: Review

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