What type of social support influences self-reported physical and mental health among older women?

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 663-678

  Wong, Sabrina T ^a,b   Wu, Amery ^a   Gregorich, Steven ^b   Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Chinese; emotional support; ethnicity; language; Latino

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906703237     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314527478     Document Type: Article

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