A salutogenic analysis of healthy aging in active elderly persons

Research on Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-371

  Wiesmann, Ulrich ^a   Hannich, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Healthy aging; Salutogenesis; Sense of coherence; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951564305     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027509356954     Document Type: Article

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