Heterogeneity in healthy aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 640-649

  Lowsky, David J ^a   Olshansky, S Jay ^b   Bhattacharya, Jay ^c   Goldman, Dana P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression of morbidity; Healthy aging; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION OF MORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTHY AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE.; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

COMPRESSION OF MORBIDITY; HEALTHY AGING; QUALITY OF LIFE.;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901056193     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt162     Document Type: Article

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