Changes in contact and support exchange in personal networks after widowhood

Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 457-473

  Guiaux, Maurice ^a   Van Tilburg, Theo ^a   Van Groenou, Marjolein Broese ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34548554591     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2007.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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