Social network typologies and mortality risk among older people in China, India, and Latin America: A 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based cohort study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 147, Issue , 2015, Pages 134-143

  Santini, Ziggi Ivan ^a   Koyanagi, Ai ^a   Tyrovolas, Stefanos ^a   Haro, Josep M ^a   Fiori, Katherine L ^b   Uwakwa, Richard ^c   Thiyagarajan, Jotheeswaran A ^d,e   Webber, Martin ^f   Prince, Martin ^d   Prina, A Matthew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Developing countries; Interpersonal relations; Mortality; Social networks; Social support; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; MORTALITY RISK; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURVEY METHOD;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SURVIVAL TIME; URBAN AREA; VERY ELDERLY; WELLBEING; AGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; META ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CHINA; INDIA; LATIN AMERICA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84946558875     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.061     Document Type: Article

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