Tracking changes in social relations throughout late life

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Shaw, Benjamin A ^a   Krause, Neal ^b   Liang, Jersey ^b   Bennett, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34247635053     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.2.S90     Document Type: Article

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