Assessment of a short scale to measure social support among older people

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 260-265

  Goodger, Brendan ^a   Byles, Julie ^b   Higganbotham, Nick ^b   Mishra, Gita ^b  

^a ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONELINESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032981543     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01253.x     Document Type: Article

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