Social network, social support, and loneliness in older persons with different chronic diseases

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-168

  Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a,b   Van Tilburg, Theo ^a   Kriegsman, Didim W ^a   Boeke, A Joan P ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032944334     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089826439901100202     Document Type: Article

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