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Prevalence and related factors of social isolation in older Iranian adults: a community-based study

Roghayeh Eslami
1
,
Mahboobeh Khajeh
1
,
Ahmad Khosravi
2
,
Seyedmohammad Mirhosseini
1
,
Hossein Ebrahimi
3

1.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
2.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
3.
Centre for Health-Related Social and Behavioural Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2022; 24(4): 311–316
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2022.120852
Online publish date: 2022/12/21
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