Social participation and survival at older ages: Is the effect driven by activity content or context?

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-39

  Maier, Heiner ^a   Klumb, Petra L ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Longevity; Mortality; Role support; Social activity; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144494713     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-005-0018-5     Document Type: Article

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