Loneliness and ageing: Comparative perspectives

The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 317-328

  Jylhä, Marja ^a   Saarenheimo, Marja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b Vanhustyon keskusliitto   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446200933.n24     Document Type: Chapter

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