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Social isolation and diurnal cortisol patterns in an ageing cohort()

BACKGROUND: Social isolation may operate as a psychosocial stressor which disrupts functioning of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical axis. METHODS: Using data from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development, we tested whether living alone, not being married and social network size were...

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Autores principales: Stafford, Mai, Gardner, Mike, Kumari, Meena, Kuh, Diana, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pergamon Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3820041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23920224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.07.002