Social determinants of loneliness among older Americans

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-473

  Mullins, Larry C ^a   Elston, Claudia Hall ^a   Gutkowski, Sherri M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030277988     PISSN: 87567547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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