Are a lack social relationships and cigarette smoking really equally powerful predictors of mortality? Analyses of data from two cohort studies
Objective: The suggestion from cross-review comparison that lower levels of social integration (social isolation, loneliness) and cigarette smoking are equally powerful predictors of premature mortality has been promulgated by policy organisations and widely reported in the media. For the first time...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-11-01
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Series: | Public Health in Practice |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000653 |