Social support, household composition, and health behaviors as risk factors for four-year mortality in an urban elderly cohort

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-86

  Roy, Ann W ^a,b,c,d   FitzGibbon, Paula A ^b,e   Haug, Marie M ^b  

^a SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030048197     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073346489601500105     Document Type: Article

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