Social relationships and mortality

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-53

  Holt Lunstad, Julianne ^a   Smith, Timothy B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84855334390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00406.x     Document Type: Review

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