The national social life, health, and aging project: An introduction

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages

  Suzman, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350716407     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp078     Document Type: Editorial

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