Older Migrants and Loneliness: Scanning the Field and Looking Forward

Overview

Journal Eur J Ageing

Publisher Springer

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2021 Aug 9

PMID 34366756

Citations 8

Authors

Tineke Fokkema

Ruxandra Oana Ciobanu

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