Changes in and factors related to loneliness in older men. The Zutphen Elderly Study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 491-495

  Tijhuis, Marja A R ^a   De Jong Gierveld, Jenny ^b   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Age; Cognitive function; Institutionalization; Loneliness; Longitudinal study; Marital status; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032887418     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/28.5.491     Document Type: Article

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