Social support and mortality: If you're sick, friends can't save you

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1984-1986

  McLaughlin, Deirdre ^a   Leung, Janni ^a   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a   Dobson, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; DEATH; DUKE SOCIAL SUPPORT INDEX; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MORTALITY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL TIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80054822266     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03610_16.x     Document Type: Letter

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