Social isolation: A predictor of mortality comparable to traditional clinical risk factors

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2056-2062

  Pantell, Matthew ^d   Rehkopf, David ^a   Jutte, Douglas ^b   Syme, S Leonard ^b   Balmes, John ^c   Adler, Nancy ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886420921     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301261     Document Type: Article

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