Social Support and Health: A Review of Physiological Processes Potentially Underlying Links to Disease Outcomes
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Summary
Evidence linking social support to changes in cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and immune function and related to more positive “biological profiles” across these disease-relevant systems is examined.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2006-06-07
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- 2,438
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- 140
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Keywords
Health psychology, Disease, Social support, Social epidemiology, Psychology
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