Influence of psychological characteristics and social relations on receiving preventive home visits in older men and women

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-201

  Avlund, Kirsten ^a   Vass, Mikkel ^a   Lund, Rikke ^a   Yamada, Yukari ^a   Hendriksen, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Life satisfaction; Preventive home visits; Psychological characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749115950     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-008-0086-4     Document Type: Article

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