Social networks among Blacks and Whites: The interaction between race and age

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Ajrouch, K J ^a   Antonucci, T C ^a   Janevic, M R ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WELLBEING;

EID: 0035123804     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/56.2.S112     Document Type: Article

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