Volunteering and mortality among older adults: Findings from a national sample

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Musick, Marc A ^a   Herzog, A Regula ^a   House, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WORK; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0033063690     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.3.S173     Document Type: Article

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