Successful aging among older veterans in the United States

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 551-563

  Pietrzak, Robert H ^a   Tsai, Jack ^a,b   Kirwin, Paul D ^a   Southwick, Steven M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Functioning; Medical; Psychiatric; Resilience; Successful aging; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84901449502     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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