Social support, sex, and food: Social networks and health

Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 75-91

  Lovasi, Gina S ^a   Adams, Jimi ^b   Bearman, Peter S ^c  

^a School of Public Health   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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