Loneliness and poor health within families

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 597-611

  Segrin, Chris ^a   Burke, Tricia J ^a   Dunivan, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; family; health; loneliness; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865499403     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407512443434     Document Type: Article

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