Are momentary measures of positive affect better predictors of mortality than recalled feelings?

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Michael Daly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012.

. 2012 May 1;109(18):E1049; author reply E1050.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1201630109. Epub 2012 Apr 13.

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Positive affect measured using ecological momentary assessment and survival in older men and women.
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