A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Research on Aging

• Publication date

  2004-11-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1177/0164027504268574PMID 18504506PMCID PMC2394670
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