Social support among elderly in Khon Kean Province, Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 936-946

  Kuhirunyaratn, Piyathida ^a,c   Pongpanich, Sathirakorn ^a   Somrongthong, Ratana ^a   Love, Edgar J ^b   Chapman, Robert Sedgwick ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 35349020105     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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