Preventive health behaviors influenced by self-perceptions of aging

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 625-629

  Levy, Becca R ^a   Myers, Lindsey M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Preventive health behavior; Self perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 4143084831     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.02.029     Document Type: Article

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