TY  - JOUR
T1  - ENjoying life and living longer
AU  - Steptoe A, Wardle J
Y1  - 2012/02/13
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1028
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 273
EP  - 275
VL  - 172
IS  - 3
N2  - 
There is accumulating evidence that positive well-being is associated with reduced mortality and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and other diseases of older age.1- 3 To our knowledge, this association has not previously been investigated in a nationally representative sample in which extensive health and behavioral data are available. We therefore used the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA) to evaluate prospective associations between enjoyment of life and survival.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1028
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1028
ER  -