Successful Aging and Subjective Well-Being Among Oldest-Old Adults
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1Center for Applied Health Research, Baylor Scott & White Health | School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station. 2Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames. 3Institute of Gerontology, University of Georgia, Athens. 4Georgia Centenarian Study group included Maurice MacDonald, S. Michal Jazwinski, Robert C. Green, Marla Gearing, William R. Markesbery, John L. Woodard, Joyce S. Tenover, Ilene C. Siegler, Christoph Rott, Willard L. Rodgers, Dorothy, B. Hausman, Jonathan Arnold, and Adam Davey.
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Successful aging and subjective well-being among oldest-old adults.
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