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Kristina Orth‐Gomér,
Jeffrey V. Johnson
(1987).
Social network interaction and mortality.
Journal of Chronic Diseases
, 40
(10)
, 949-957.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9681(87)90145-7
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- 10.1016/0021-9681(87)90145-7