Enjoying life and living longer

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-275

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; WELLBEING;

FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 84857419552     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1028     Document Type: Article

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