Loneliness, social networks, and mortality: 18 years of follow-up

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-263

  Iecovich, Esther ^a   Jacobs, Jeremy ^b,c   Stessman, Jochanan ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79958124640     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.72.3.e     Document Type: Article

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