Keeping the thread: Older men's social networks in Sydney, Australia

Quality in Ageing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 10-17

  Hall, Cerdic ^a,d   Brown, Anthony ^b   Gleeson, Suzanne ^c   Zinn, Jack ^e  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Sydney South West Area Health Service   (Australia)

^d EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Friendship networks; Older men; Social isolation; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849100954     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200700023     Document Type: Article

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