Social integration is associated with fibrinogen concentration in elderly men

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 353-358

  Loucks, Eric B ^a   Berkman, Lisa F ^a   Gruenewald, Tara L ^b   Seeman, Teresa E ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fibrinogen; Social integration; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FRIEND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 19444383362     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000160482.89163.e8     Document Type: Article

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