Life sustaining irritations? Relationship quality and mortality in the context of chronic illness.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on July 26, 2008

Authors

Kira Birditt1, Toni C Antonucci

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1: Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI, United States. kirasb@isr.umich.edu

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