Social factors and mortality in the old-old in Israel: the CALAS study.

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Published in J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci on September 01, 2002

Authors

Adrian Walter-Ginzburg1, T Blumstein, A Chetrit, B Modan

Author Affiliations

1: Herczeg Institute on Aging, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel 69978. adrianwg@alum.mit.edu

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