Family structure and health, how companionship acts as a buffer against ill health

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Turagabeci, Amelia R ^a   Nakamura, Keiko ^a   Kizuki, Masashi ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a  

^a Dental University ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY; FRIEND; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 39149128282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-5-61     Document Type: Article

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