Self-rated health in centenarians: A nation-wide cross-sectional Greek study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Tigani, Xanthi ^a   Artemiadis, Artemios K ^a   Alexopoulos, Evangelos C ^a   Chrousos, George P ^a   Darviri, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aging; Centenarian; Determinants; Psychosocial; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER; GREECE; HABITAT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONELINESS; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIMISM; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PEER GROUP; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF RATED HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONELINESS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84859854110     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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