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Subjective aging: factors influencing individuals’ perspectives

Commentary on “The paradox of subjective age: age(ing) in the self-presentation of older adults” by Okun et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2022

Angela Kydd*
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedic Practice, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
Margaret Rees
Affiliation:
Editor in Chief Case Reports in Women’s Health; Emeritus Editor in Chief Maturitas; Executive Director EMAS: European Menopause and Andropause Society; Reader Emeritus in Reproductive Medicine, and Supernumerary Fellow, St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow and Adjunct Associate Professor Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; 2020 Women’s Health Institute’s Woman of Distinction Award Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UK

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