Loneliness research and interventions: A review of the literature

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 264-274

  Andersson, L ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; GENDER; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MARRIAGE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031794732     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607869856506     Document Type: Article

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