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Objectively Measured Social Integration Is Associated With an Immune Risk Phenotype Following Marital Separation.
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine - 5 Feb 2018
Hasselmo Karen, Mehl Matthias R, Tackman Allison M, Carey Angela L, Wertheimer Anne M, Stowe Raymond P, Sbarra David A
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Background: Close relationships play an integral role in human development, and robust evidence links marital separation and divorce to poor health outcomes. Social integration may play a key role in this association. In many ways, the study of marital separation and divorce provides an ideal model system for a more complete understanding of the association between life stress and physical health. Purpose: The...
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