Age-related changes in the associations of social network ties with mortality risk

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 564-571

  Tucker, Joan S ^a,c   Schwartz, Joseph E ^a   Clark, Kathleen M ^b   Friedman, Howard S ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0033391890     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.14.4.564     Document Type: Article

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