JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 314-322 , June 2009

Validation of a Novel Successful Aging Construct

  • 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, School of Public Health, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, 1 University Place, Room 171, Rensselaer, NY 12144.
    • ,
  • Ming-Yu Fan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • John M. Parrish, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Erickson Foundation, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Kevin D. Frick, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

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 This work was supported by a seed grant from the State University of New York at Albany (FRAP-900227) and the Erickson Foundation grant.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00005-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.01.003

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Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 314-322 , June 2009

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