Perceived social isolation, evolutionary fitness and health outcomes: A lifespan approach

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1669, 2015, Pages

  Hawkley, Louise C ^a   Capitanio, John P ^b  

^a University of Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary fitness; Health; Lifespan; Loneliness; Perceived social isolation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; IMMUNITY; MORTALITY; PERMEABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84927747676     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0114     Document Type: Review

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