Loneliness and social isolation correlate with multiple modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases including dementia.
Aim: Loneliness and social isolation are risk factors for chronic diseases including dementia, but the pathways of influence are not yet clear. Subject and methods: Levels of risk for nine modifiable health risk factors were calculated by applying Australian risk reduction guidelines to cohort study...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 1973 - 1987 |
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