Assessment of the abbreviated duke social support index in a cohort of older Australian women

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-76

  Powers, Jennifer R ^a   Goodger, Brendan ^a   Byles, Julie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Health; Measurement; Social support; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544454754     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2004.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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