Theories of aging from a life-course and life-span perspective: An overview

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-25

  Fuller Iglesias, Heather ^a   Smith, Jacqui ^a   Antonucci, Toni C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PLASTICITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77953377197     PISSN: 01988794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1891/0198-8794.29.3     Document Type: Review

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