Tracing the origins of success: Implications for successful aging

Gerontologist

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-13

  Peterson, Nora M ^a   Martin, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Literature; Longevity; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

AGING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GERIATRICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION;

AGING; CULTURE; GERIATRICS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LONGEVITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84922431511     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu054     Document Type: Article

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