Sense of coherence and social support - Resources for subjective well-being and health of the aged in Finland

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 128-135

  Elovainio, Marko ^a   Kivimaki M ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Living conditions; Old age; Psychological resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347016009     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00118     Document Type: Article

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