A prospective study of social isolation, loneliness, and mortality in Finland

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2042-2048

  Tanskanen, Jussi ^a   Anttila, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY RISK; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990862243     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303431     Document Type: Review

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