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Does Laughter Predict Onset of Functional Disability and Mortality Among Older Japanese Adults? The JAGES Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: While laughter is broadly recognized as a good medicine, a potential preventive effect of laughter on disability and death is still being debated. Accordingly, we investigated the association between the frequency of laughter and onset of functional disability and all-cause mortality amo...

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Autores principales: Tamada, Yudai, Takeuchi, Kenji, Yamaguchi, Chikae, Saito, Masashige, Ohira, Tetsuya, Shirai, Kokoro, Kondo, Katsunori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8021882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32418940
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20200051