1. Longitudinal studies of ageing: Age as process

   • G. Clare Wenger

   Longitudinal Studies Pages: 1 - 6

2. Experiences from longitudinal studies of aging: An international perspective

   • Dorly J. H. Deeg
   • Grard H. Van Der Zanden

   Longitudinal Studies Pages: 7 - 22

3. Coping in longitudinal perspective: Findings from the bonn longitudinal study on aging

   • Christoph Rott
   • Hans Thomae

   Longitudinal Studies Pages: 23 - 40

4. Survivors: Support network variation and sources of help in rural communities

   • G. Clare Wenger
   • Said Shahtahmasebi

   Longitudinal Studies Pages: 41 - 82

5. Social, functional and health status influences on mortality: Consideration of a multidimensional inquiry in a large elderly population

   • Renzo Rozzini
   • Angelo Bianchetti
   • Marco Trabucchi

   Brief Research Reports Pages: 83 - 90

6. Factors contributing to longitudinal changes in activities of daily living (ADL): The Koganei study

   • Hiroshi Haga
   • Hiroshi Shibata
   • Shuichi Hatano

   Brief Research Reports Pages: 91 - 99

7. A socio-medical survey of the old citizens of Bialystok, Poland: 5 years longitudinal observation

   • Barbara Bien

   Brief Research Reports Pages: 101 - 108

8. Social participation and life-style: A longitudinal and cohort study

   • Pertti Pohjolainen

   Brief Research Reports Pages: 109 - 117

9. A Healthy state of tension: A review essay on three recent works in aging

   • Thomas A. Glass

   Book Review Essay Pages: 119 - 125