Living arrangements, social integration, and change in functional health status

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-131

  Michael, Yvonne L ^a,b   Berkman, Lisa F ^b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Health status; Mental health; Social isolation; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035863875     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.2.123     Document Type: Article

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