Loneliness Matters: A Theoretical and Empirical Review of Consequences and Mechanisms

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Annals of Behavioral Medicine

• Publication date

  2010-07-22

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1007/s12160-010-9210-8PMID 20652462PMCID PMC3874845
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