Social support among unmarried childless elderly persons

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages

  Wu, Zheng ^a   Pollard, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FAMILY; GENDER; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031724646     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.6.S324     Document Type: Article

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