Prospective predictors of successful aging in community-residing and institutionalized canadian elderly

Ageing International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 42-64

  Reker, Gary T ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community residing elderly; Institutionalized elderly; Prospective predictors; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070122865     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-001-1015-4     Document Type: Article

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