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What If Healthy Aging Is the ‘New Normal’?

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  • Marcia G. Ory

    (Center for Population Health and Aging, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA)

  • Matthew Lee Smith

    (Center for Population Health and Aging, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA
    College of Public Health, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA)

Abstract

We dedicate this special issue to our colleague, Dr. Lucinda Bryant (1941–2016).[...]

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  • Marcia G. Ory & Matthew Lee Smith, 2017. "What If Healthy Aging Is the ‘New Normal’?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-5, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:14:y:2017:i:11:p:1389-:d:118896
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