The effect of social relationships on survival in elderly residents of a Southern European community: a cohort study.

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Published in BMC Geriatr on August 01, 2007

Authors

Angel Rodriguez-Laso1, Maria Victoria Zunzunegui, Angel Otero

Author Affiliations

1: Dirección General de Salud Pública y Alimentación, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain. angel.rodriguez@salud.madrid.org

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