Social network properties and self-rated health in later life: Comparisons from the Korean social life, health, and aging project and the national social life, health and aging project

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Youm, Yoosik ^a   Laumann, Edward O ^b   Ferraro, Kenneth F ^c   Waite, Linda J ^b   Kim, Hyeon Chang ^a   Park, Yeong Ran ^d   Chu, Sang Hui ^a   Joo, Won Tak ^a   Lee, Jin A ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kangnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Centrality; Density; Self rated health; Social networks; South Korea; USA

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH KOREA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84908149907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-102     Document Type: Article

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