Successful aging in canada: Prevalence and predictors from a population-based sample of older adults

Gerontology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-72

  Meng, Xiangfei ^a   D'Arcy, Carl ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Epidemiology; Health aging; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; CANADIAN; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; IMMIGRANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; MULTIVITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANADA; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84891023428     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354538     Document Type: Article

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