Physical disability and social interaction: Factors associated with low social contact and home confinement in disabled older women (the women's health and aging study)

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Simonsick, Eleanor M ^a   Kasper, Judith D ^b   Phillips, Caroline L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0031821142     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.4.S209     Document Type: Article

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