Are "anti-aging medicine" and "successful aging" two sides of the same coin? Views of anti-aging practitioners

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 944-955

  Flatt, Michael A ^a   Settersten Jr , Richard A ^b   Ponsaran, Roselle ^a   Fishman, Jennifer R ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti aging; Hormone replacement; Prevention; Qualitative research; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; ANTI-AGING; ARTICLE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH.; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ANTI-AGING; HORMONE REPLACEMENT; PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH.; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84888597635     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt086     Document Type: Article

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