The effect of social relationships on survival in elderly residents of a Southern European community: A cohort study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rodriguez Laso, Angel ^a   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^b   Otero, Angel ^c  

^a Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FRIEND; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

AGED; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35649015460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-7-19     Document Type: Article

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