Do personal conditions and circumstances surrounding partner loss explain loneliness in newly bereaved older adults?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-469

  Van Baarsen, Berna ^a   Smit, Johannes H ^a   Snijders, Tom A B ^a   Knipscheer, Kees P M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Loneliness; Longitudinal; Older adults; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0032882306     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X9900745X     Document Type: Article

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