The sociality–health–fitness nexus: synthesis, conclusions and future directions

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2015-05-26

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science, Psychology, Sociology

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  DOI 10.1098/rstb.2014.0115PMID 25870401PMCID PMC4410381
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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