Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: Longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7685, 2009, Pages 23-26

  Fowler, James H ^a   Christakis, Nicholas A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 61849139163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2338     Document Type: Article

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