Connective recovery in social networks after the death of a friend

Nature Human Behaviour

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Hobbs, William R ^a,b,c   Burke, Moira K ^d  

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

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FACEBOOK   (United States)

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EID: 85031714597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23973374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-017-0092     Document Type: Article

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