Social participation and the health and well-being of Canadian seniors

Health Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3-12

  Gilmour, Heather ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cross sectional study; Health survey; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872845549     PISSN: 08406529     EISSN: 12091367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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