Social support and physical health in the rural elderly

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 61-66

  Johnson, Julie E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030133132     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-1897(96)80424-1     Document Type: Article

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