Loneliness, lack of emotional support, lack of companionship, and the likelihood of having a heart condition in an elderly sample

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 290-298

  Sorkin, Dara ^a   Rook, Karen S ^a   Lu, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0036429944     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324796ABM2404_05     Document Type: Article

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