Predicting loneliness in old people living in the community

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-60

  Paúl, Constança ^a   Ribeiro, Oscar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Community; Loneliness; Old age

Indexed keywords

AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; WIDOW;

EID: 75149187852     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259809990074     Document Type: Review

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