The Speedometer of Life: Stress, Health and Aging

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 191-206

  Almeida, David M ^a   Piazza, Jennifer R ^a   Stawski, Robert S ^a   Klein, Laura C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380882-0.00012-7     Document Type: Chapter

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