Salutogenic perspectives on healthy aging in women

Women and Aging: New Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 489-514

  Wiesmann, Ulrich ^a   Niehörster, Gabriele ^a   Hannich, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender; Salutogenesis; Sense of coherence; Subjective health; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016698593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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