A new crisis in Japan-social isolation in old age

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2160-2162

  Murayama, Hiroshi ^a   Shibui, Yu ^b   Fukuda, Yoshiharu ^c   Murashima, Sachiyo ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Government 6 7 Midoricho   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY; DEATH; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; MALE; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 81755163032     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03640.x     Document Type: Letter

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