Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Living Alone: Identifying the Risks for Public Health

Affiliations

¹ Eric Klinenberg is Professor of Sociology, Public Policy, and Global Health, and is also the Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge, New York University, New York, NY.

Editorial

Eric Klinenberg. Am J Public Health. 2016 May.

. 2016 May;106(5):786-7.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303166.

¹ Eric Klinenberg is Professor of Sociology, Public Policy, and Global Health, and is also the Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge, New York University, New York, NY.

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Social isolation: a predictor of mortality comparable to traditional clinical risk factors.
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