Old-age and loneliness: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses in the Tampere longitudinal study on aging

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-168

  Jylhä, Marja ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Follow up; Loneliness; Longitudinal studies; Old age; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 3142596155     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2004.0023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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