Determinants of social engagement in older men

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-85

  Harwood, R H ^a,b   Pound, P ^a   Ebrahim, S ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034107148     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135485000106025     Document Type: Article

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