Promoting active aging through university programs for older adults

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 145-154

  Fernández Ballesteros, Rocío ^a   Molina, María Ángeles ^a   Schettini, Rocío ^a   Del Rey, Ángel Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

active aging; cognitive plasticity; university programs for older adults

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AGING; ADULT; AFFECT; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 84866926483     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000064     Document Type: Article

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