Associations among living alone, social support and social activity in older adults
<em>Objectives:</em> We examined cross-sectional associations of living alone with social isolation among community-dwelling older adults in Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. <em>Methods:</em> Four hundred participants 65 years old and older were recruited in community gr...
Main Authors: | Elizabeth Chan, Elizabeth Procter-Gray, Linda Churchill, Jie Cheng, Rachel Siden, Annabella Aguirre, Wenjun Li |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AIMS Press
2020-09-01
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Series: | AIMS Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/publichealth.2020042/fulltext.html |
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