Awareness of risk factors for loneliness among third agers

Ageing and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1035-1051

  Schoenmakers, Eric C ^a   Van Tilburg, Theo G ^a   Fokkema, Tineke ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

awareness; loneliness; preventive action; risk factors; third age

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; POLICY MAKING; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; RETIREMENT;

EID: 84902339090     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X12001419     Document Type: Article

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