Socioeconomic status, structural and functional measures of social support, and mortality: The British Whitehall II Cohort Study, 1985-2009.

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Published in Am J Epidemiol on April 24, 2012

Authors

Silvia Stringhini1, Lisa Berkman, Aline Dugravot, Jane E Ferrie, Michael Marmot, Mika Kivimaki, Archana Singh-Manoux

Author Affiliations

1: INSERM U, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Villejuif, France. silvia.stringhini@chuv.ch

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