Social contacts and their relationship to loneliness among aged people - a population-based study.

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Abstract

Emotional loneliness and social isolation are major problems in old age. These concepts are interrelated and often used interchangeably, but few studies have investigated them simultaneously thus trying to clarify their relationship.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Gerontology

Title: Gerontology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN: 0304-324X

ISSN (Print): 0304-324X

Publication date (Electronic): 2006

Volume: 52

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Department of Nursing Science,University of Turku, Finland.

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Publisher Item ID: 91828

DOI: 10.1159/000091828

PubMed ID: 16645299

SO-VID: 0a5bb946-9e4e-4eba-8f26-297ff892c7f8

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