A New Strategic Approach to Successful Aging and Healthy Aging

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada. roger.wong@ubc.ca.

Editorial

Roger Y Wong. Geriatrics (Basel). 2018.

. 2018 Nov 29;3(4):86.

doi: 10.3390/geriatrics3040086.

¹ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada. roger.wong@ubc.ca.

Abstract

Successful aging is not a new concept, although its definition remains controversial, because of its multi-dimensional nature. [...].

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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