Citation: Elizabeth Chan, Elizabeth Procter-Gray, Linda Churchill, Jie Cheng, Rachel Siden, Annabella Aguirre, Wenjun Li. Associations among living alone, social support and social activity in older adults[J]. AIMS Public Health, 2020, 7(3): 521-534. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020042
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