Effects of social support and personal coping resources on mortality in older age: The longitudinal aging study Amsterdam

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 510-519

  Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a,c   Van Tilburg, Theo ^b   Kriegsman, Didi M W ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^b   Boeke, A Joan P ^a   Van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Chronic disease; Mortality; Prospective studies; Self concept; Social environment; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030767560     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009305     Document Type: Article

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