Effects of social relationships on mortality of the elderly: How do the influences change with the passage of time?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-339

  Sato, Tetsuro ^a   Kishi, Reiko ^a   Suzukawa, Akio ^b   Horikawa, Naoko ^a   Saijo, Yasuaki ^a   Yoshioka, Eiji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mortality; Social relationships of elderly; Time dependency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MARITAL STATUS; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52049083235     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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