Ethnic differences in later life friendship

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 226-244

  De Vries, Brian ^a   Jacoby, Carole ^a   Davis, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ethnicity; friendship

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CANADA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0029740818     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800006723     Document Type: Review

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