The demographics of loneliness among older people in Perth, Western Australia: Research

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-86

  Steed, Lyndall ^a   Boldy, Duncan ^a   Grenade, Linda ^a   Iredell, Helena ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Loneliness; Measurement; Older people; Prevalence; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248364409     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2007.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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