Deriving a survey measure of social support: the reliability and validity of the Close Persons Questionnaire.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on October 01, 1992

Authors

S Stansfeld1, M Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College and Middlesex Hospital School of Medicine, London, U.K.

Associated clinical trials:

Whitehall II - Social and Occupational Influences On Health and Illness | NCT00005680

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