Subjective wellbeing, health, and ageing

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9968, 2015, Pages 640-648

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Deaton, Angus ^b   Stone, Arthur A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGING; ARTHRITIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EASTERN EUROPE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STRESS; SURVIVAL; USSR; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMOTION; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; EMOTIONS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923023794     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61489-0     Document Type: Review

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