JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 87-92 , February 2009

Can Successful Aging and Chronic Illness Coexist in the Same Individual? A Multidimensional Concept of Successful Aging

  • Yuchi Young, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • State University of New York at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Yuchi Young, DrPH, Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, State University of New York at Albany, One University Place, Room 171, Rensselaer, NY 12144
    • ,
  • Kevin D. Frick, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Elizabeth A. Phelan, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.11.003

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 87-92 , February 2009

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