Informal exchanges with non-kin among retired sunbelt migrants: A case study of a Finnish American Retirement Community

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages

  Stoller, Eleanor Palo ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031709354     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.5.S287     Document Type: Article

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