Predictors and prevalence of successful aging among older Malaysians

Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 366-370

  Hamid, Tengku Aizan ^a   Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi ^a   Ibrahim, Rahimah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aged; Malaysia; Sociodemographic factors; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUCCESSFUL AGING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863335564     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334671     Document Type: Article

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