Understanding Very Old Age: Looking Back and Thinking Forward

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 208-217

  Poon, Leonard W ^a   Martin, Peter ^b   Hagberg, Bo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; centenarians; longevity; oldest old; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CENSUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULTHOOD; AGING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MODEL; POLICY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVOR; THINKING; VERY ELDERLY; WELLBEING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; RESEARCH;

EID: 84975303238     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2016.1163954     Document Type: Article

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