Has loneliness amongst older people increased? An investigation into variations between cohorts

Ageing and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 585-597

  Victor, Christina R ^a   Scambler, Sasha J ^a   Shah, Sunil ^a   Cook, Derek G ^a   Harris, Tess ^a   Rink, Elizabeth ^a   De Wilde, Stephen ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort; Loneliness; Social change

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION;

EID: 0036746632     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X02008784     Document Type: Article

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