Late Life

Psychiatry: Third Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 196-202

  Bienenfeld, David ^a   Mrazek, David A ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

(psychological) development; Aging; Elderly; Hearing; Intelligence; Memory; Reminiscence; Sexuality; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951097907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470515167.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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