The influence of social relations on mortality in later life: A study on elderly Danish twins

Gerontologist

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 601-608

  Rasulo, Domenica ^a,b   Christensen, Kaare ^c   Tomassini, Cecilia ^d  

^a OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly twins; Social relations; Survival times

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SPOUSE; SURVIVAL; TWINS;

EID: 26044468705     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/45.5.601     Document Type: Article

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