Lifespan and healthspan: Past, present, and promise

Gerontologist

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 901-911

  Crimmins, Eileen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression of morbidity delaying aging health expectancy life expectancy trends in morbidity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964689366     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv130     Document Type: Article

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