Social relationships and HRQL: A cross-sectional survey among older Italian adults

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  De Belvis, Antonio Giulio ^a   Avolio, Maria ^a   Sicuro, Lorella ^a   Rosano, Aldo ^b   Latini, Elide ^c   Damiani, Gianfranco ^a   Ricciardi, Walter ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Italian Institute of Social Medicine   (Italy)

^c Agency for Public Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 54049148136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-348     Document Type: Article

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