Relation of social network characteristics to 5-year mortality among young-old versus old-old white women in an urban community

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 516-523

  Yasuda, Nobufumi ^a   Zimmerman, Sheryl Itkin ^b   Hawkes, William ^b   Fredman, Lisa ^b   Hebel, J Richard ^b   Magaziner, Jay ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; mortality; social adjustment; social support; women

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031039728     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009139     Document Type: Article

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