Social networks and social support among older people and implications for emotional well-being and psychiatric morbidity

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 41-58

  Bowling, Ann ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; EMOTION; FAMILY COUNSELING; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING; WIDOW;

EID: 0028297285     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540269409025242     Document Type: Article

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