JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 85-86 , February 2009

Successful Aging or Aging Successfully

  • John E. Morley, MB, BCh

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to John E. Morley, MB, BCh, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S. Grand Boulevard, M238, St. Louis, MO 63104

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PII: S1525-8610(08)00425-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.12.001

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 85-86 , February 2009

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