Network type and mortality risk in later life

Gerontologist

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 735-743

  Litwin, Howard ^a   Shiovitz Ezra, Sharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Friends; Israel; Risk; Social network; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURVIVAL;

EID: 33845920592     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.6.735     Document Type: Article

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