Effect of social networks on 10 year survival in very old Australians: The Australian longitudinal study of aging

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 574-579

  Giles, Lynne C ^a   Glonek, Gary F V ^b   Luszcz, Mary A ^a   Andrews, Gary R ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 21344469432     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.025429     Document Type: Article

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