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Social isolation, loneliness, risk of cardiovascular disease among older women

JAMA Network Open

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Researchers examined the associations of social isolation and loneliness with the risk of cardiovascular disease among 57,000 older women in the United States.

Authors: Natalie M. Golaszewski, Ph.D., and John Bellettiere, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Diego, are the corresponding authors.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.46461)

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