Meaning of life and related factors among community-dwelling elders in Yunlin County

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-167

  Huang, Tzu Ting ^a   Lin, Liu Yin ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Kang Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elder; Meaning of life; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

EID: 2942733340     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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