Social support and subsequent disability: It is not the size of your network that counts

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 674-677

  McLaughlin, Deirdre ^a   Leung, Janni ^a   Pachana, Nancy ^a   Flicker, Leon ^b,c   Hankey, Graeme ^d   Dobson, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84865561128     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs036     Document Type: Article

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