Aging in culture

Gerontologist

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 369-377

  Fung, Helene H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attention; Memory; Personality; Social relationship; Socioemotional selectivity theory

Indexed keywords

AGING; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84877635169     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt024     Document Type: Review

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