Disability and social ties: Comparative findings of the CLESA study

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-47

  Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^a   Rodriguez Laso, A ^b   Otero, A ^b   Pluijm, S M F ^c   Nikula, S ^d   Blumstein, T ^e   Jylha M ^d   Minicuci, N ^f   Deeg, D J H ^c   Autio, V ^g   Gindin, J ^g   Chetrit, A ^g   Walter Ginzburg, A ^g   Shamay, K ^g   Maggi, S ^g   Noale, M ^g   Marzari, C ^g   Garcia de Yebenes, M J ^g   Pedersen, N L ^g   Bardage, C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^e GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Longitudinal studies; Social ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144476362     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-005-0021-x     Document Type: Article

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