Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review

Holt‐Lunstad, Julianne; B. Smith, Timothy; Bradley Layton, J.

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316

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Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review

Published in PLoS Medicine • Jul 27, 2010

Authors:

Julianne Holt‐Lunstad

Timothy B. Smith

J. Bradley Layton

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The quality and quantity of individuals' social relationships has been linked not only to mental health but also to both morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES: This meta-analytic review was conducted to determine the extent to which social relationships influence risk for mortality, which ...

Subject

Demography

Meta-analysis

Social determinants of health

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