Preventive health behaviors influenced by self-perceptions of aging
Preventive MedicinePublished 10 April 2004
Becca R. Levy, Lindsey Myers
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The findings suggest that addressing views about aging could help improve efforts to increase preventive health behaviors in the older population.
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Our findings suggest that addressing views about aging could help improve efforts to increase preventive health behaviors in the older population.
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