Broken ties: Reciprocity and other factors affecting the termination of older adults' relationships

Social Networks

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-146

  Klein Ikkink, Karen ^a   Van Tilburg, Theo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0013224042     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8733(99)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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