Loneliness in later life: Preliminary findings from the Growing Older project

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-41

  Victor, Christina ^a   Scambler, Sasha ^a   Bond, John ^b   Bowling, Ann ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isolation; Loneliness; Loss; Old age

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544221742     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200200006     Document Type: Article

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