Assessing social networks among elderly populations

Family and Community Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 42-52

  Lubben, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84928509048     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: 15505057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-198811000-00008     Document Type: Article

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