Online social integration is associated with reduced mortality risk

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 46, 2016, Pages 12980-12984

  Hobbs, William R ^a,b,c   Burke, Moira ^d   Christakis, Nicholas A ^e,f   Fowler, James H ^a,g  

^a University of California at San Diego   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FACEBOOK   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Yale University   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Longevity; Social media; Social networks; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY RISK; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84995444930     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1605554113     Document Type: Article

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