Social network ties and mortality among tile elderly in the alameda county study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 714-723

  Seeman, Teresa E ^a   Kaplan, George A ^b   Knudsen, Lisa ^b   Cohen, Richard ^b   Guralnik, Jack ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Caloric intake; Diet; Vitamin A; Vitamin C; Wpidemiologic methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0023201188     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114711     Document Type: Article

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