Loneliness, health, and longevity

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 744-750

  Stessman, Jochanan ^a   Rottenberg, Yakir ^a   Shimshilashvili, Inna ^a   Ein Mor, Eliana ^a   Jacobs, Jeremy M ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Loneliness; Longevity; Longitudinal Study; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONELINESS; LONGEVITY; LONGEVITY.; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGING; LONELINESS; LONGEVITY.; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONELINESS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84900993013     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt147     Document Type: Article

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