Loneliness and risk of mortality: A longitudinal investigation in Alameda County, California

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-186

  Patterson, Andrew C ^a   Veenstra, Gerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Loneliness; Mortality; Physical activity; Sleep; Social networks; Socioeconomic status; USA

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

ALAMEDA COUNTY; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953621842     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.024     Document Type: Article

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