Loneliness, health and depression in older males

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 212-216

  Alpass, Fiona M ^a   Neville, S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0037572002     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360786031000101193     Document Type: Article

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