Loneliness and mortality among older adults in China

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 633-645

  Luo, Ye ^a   Waite, Linda J ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities; China; Cross; Emotional health; Functional health; Health behaviors; lagged path model; Loneliness; Longitudinal study; Mortality; Older adults; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-LAGGED PATH MODEL; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIORS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OLDER ADULTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; SELF-RATED HEALTH.; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES; CHINA; CROSS-LAGGED PATH MODEL; EMOTIONAL HEALTH; FUNCTIONAL HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIORS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OLDER ADULTS; SELF-RATED HEALTH.;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902199255     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu007     Document Type: Article

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