Genes, environments, personality, and successful aging: Toward a comprehensive developmental model in later life

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 480-488

  Eaton, Nicholas R ^a   Krueger, Robert F ^a   South, Susan C ^b   Gruenewald, Tara L ^c   Seeman, Teresa E ^d   Roberts, Brent W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Genetics; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TWINS;

AGING; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84860212448     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls090     Document Type: Review

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