The examination of the factors affecting the feeling of loneliness of the elderly

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 2083-2089

  Hazer, Oya ^a   Boylu, Ayfer Aydiner ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Loneliness; UCLA loneliness Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951880859     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.450     Document Type: Conference Paper

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