Effects of social relationship on mortality among the elderly in a Japanese rural area: An 88-month follow-up study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 78-84

  Murata, Chiyoe ^a,b   Kondo, Takaaki ^c   Hori, Yoko ^c   Miyao, Daiki ^a   Tamakoshi, Koji ^a   Yatsuya, Hiroshi ^a   Sakakibara, Hisataka ^c   Toyoshima, Hideaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Living arrangement; Multi generation family; Old old; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 21444441905     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.15.78     Document Type: Article

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