Aging successfully: A four-factor model

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 210-227

  Lee, Pai Lin ^a   Lan, William ^b   Yen, Tung Wen ^a  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951563073     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2010.487759     Document Type: Article

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