Can We Improve Our Physical Health by Altering Our Social Networks?

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Perspectives on Psychological Science

• Publication date

  2009-07-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01141.xPMID 20161087PMCID PMC2744289
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