A chapter a day: Association of book reading with longevity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-48

  Bavishi, Avni ^a   Slade, Martin D ^a   Levy, Becca R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Longevity; Mortality; Reading

Indexed keywords

AGING; COGNITION; HEALTH IMPACT; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SURVIVAL;

AGING; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY RISK; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLICATION; RACE; RETIREMENT; AGED; BOOK; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOOKS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84979496845     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.014     Document Type: Article

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