Predictors of normal and successful aging among urban-dwelling elderly brazilians

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 597-602

  Chaves, Márcia Lorena ^a,b   Camozzato, Ana Luiza ^a,b   Eizirik, Cláudio Laks ^a,b   Kaye, Jeffrey ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brazil; Community dwelling elderly; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FRIEND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 69249240152     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp059     Document Type: Article

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