Assessment of the extent of social isolation amongst the aged for various dimensions of social isolation

Anthropologist

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-146

  Kaur, Harpreet ^a   Saini, Sarita ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aged; Coping mechanisms; Family; Females; Friends; Males; Neighbours; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960263083     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2011.11891189     Document Type: Article

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