Resilience significantly contributes to exceptional longevity

Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zeng, Yi ^a,b,c   Shen, Ke ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 79251586254     PISSN: 16877063     EISSN: 16877071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/525693     Document Type: Article

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