Social conditions and distress in elderly persons: Findings from the MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages

  Kubzansky, Laura D ^a   Berkman, Lisa F ^a   Seeman, Teresa E ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033935546     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/55.4.P238     Document Type: Article

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