Functional performance and social relations among the elderly in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil: a population-based epidemiological study

• Main Authors: Juliana Lustosa Torres (Author), Rosângela Corrêa Dias (Author), Fabiane Ribeiro Ferreira (Author), James Macinko (Author), Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study was conducted in a probabilistic sam- ple of 2,055 elderly in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, to examine components of social network (conjugal status and visits by the children, other relatives, and friends) and social support (satisfaction with personal...