The Oldest Old, ADL, Social Network, and Loneliness

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-343

  Bondevik, Margareth ^a   Skogstad, Anders ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; NORWAY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032086777     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019394599802000305     Document Type: Article

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