Intergenerational exchange and mental health in later-life - The case of older Jewish Israelis

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 196-200

  Litwin, Howard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 2442452783     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860410001669723     Document Type: Article

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