How old do you feel? The role of age discrimination and biological aging in subjective age

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Stephan, Yannick ^a   Sutin, Angelina R ^b   Terracciano, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGE; AGEISM; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EFFECT SIZE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; EMOTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AEROBIOSIS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL AGING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84928911126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119293     Document Type: Article

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