Successful Aging through the Eyes of Alaska Natives: Exploring Generational Differences Among Alaska Natives

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-396

  Lewis, Jordan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native; Rural community; Rural health; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALASKA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 78649515942     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-010-9124-8     Document Type: Article

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