Worries of the oldest-old

Health and Social Work

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 256-265

  Jeon, Hae Sook ^a   Dunkle, Ruth ^b   Roberts, Beverly L ^c  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Oldest old; Social support; Very old; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846168434     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/31.4.256     Document Type: Article

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