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. 2020 Oct 1;77(10):990-991.

doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1054.

Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults-A Mental Health/Public Health Challenge

Dan Blazer¹

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PMID: 32492078
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1054

Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults-A Mental Health/Public Health Challenge

Dan Blazer. JAMA Psychiatry. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 1;77(10):990-991.

doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1054.

Author

Dan Blazer¹

Affiliation

¹ Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.

PMID: 32492078
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1054

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