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Two-wave longitudinal findings from the Berlin Aging Study — introduction to a collection of articles
Author(s)	Jacqui Smith, Ineke Maas, Karl Ulrich Mayer
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 6, November 2002
Pages	pp P471-P473
Keywords	Ageing process ; Longitudinal surveys ; Germany.
Annotation	The Berlin Aging Study (BASE) was established in 1989 to investigate questions about the young-old and oldest-old adults from joint and collaborative perspectives of four disciplines: psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and internal medicine. This collection of articles relates to findings from the first intensive follow-up of participants of BASE. Multidisciplinary data were collected during 1995-1996 from 206 survivors some 4 years after baseline assessment (1990-1993). The strengths of the original BASE design, in terms of a focus on very old age, multidisciplinary intensive assessment, and an examination of selectivity issues were maintained in this longitudinal extension of the study. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-021216255 A
Classmark	BG: 3J: 767
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