Aging and loneliness: Downhill quickly?

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 187-191

  Hawkley, Louise C ^a,b   Cacioppo, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Loneliness; Physiology; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547782324     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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