Older Norwegians' understanding of loneliness

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hauge, Solveig ^a,c   Kirkevold, Marit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aging; Attitudes; Loneliness; Older people

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955524634     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v5i1.4654     Document Type: Article

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