The relationship between the social network of community-living elders and their health-related quality of life in Korean province

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-38

  Lim, Jun Tae ^a   Park, Jong Heon ^a   Lee, Jin Seok ^a   Oh, Juhwan ^a   Kim, Yoon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aged; Health; Quality of life; Social network

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AGED; HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84874722454     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2013.46.1.28     Document Type: Article

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