Social connectedness is associated with fibrinogen level in a human social network

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1837, 2016, Pages

  Kim, David A ^a   Benjamin, Emelia J ^b   Fowler, James H ^c   Christakis, Nicholas A ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen; Social epidemiology; Social hierarchy; Social networks; Stress response

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PROTEIN; SMOKING; SOCIAL NETWORK;

FIBRINOGEN;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

FIBRINOGEN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84983394608     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0958     Document Type: Article

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