A socio-demographic study of aging in the Portuguese population: The EPEPP study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 304-308

  Mota Pinto, Anabela ^a   Rodrigues, Vítor ^a   Botelho, Amália ^b   Veríssimo, Manuel Teixeira ^a   Morais, António ^a   Alves, Catarina ^c   Rosa, Manuel Santos ^a   de Oliveira, Catarina Resende ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c Eurotrials   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Education and aging; Population aging; Social isolation; Social network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79953119123     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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