Loneliness, adaptation to vision impairment, social support and depression among visually impaired elderly

International Congress Series

Volumn 1282, Issue , 2005, Pages 317-321

  Verstraten, P F J ^a   Brinkmann, W L J H ^b   Stevens, N L ^c   Schouten, J S A G ^d  

^a Sensis   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation to vision loss; Depression; Loneliness; Personal network intervention; Social support; Visually impaired elderly

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646445203     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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