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SUBMITTER: Meisters R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8508269 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meisters Rachelle R Putrik Polina P Westra Daan D Bosma Hans H Ruwaard Dirk D Jansen Maria M
International journal of environmental research and public health 20210928 19
Loneliness is a growing public health issue. It is more common in disadvantaged groups and has been associated with a range of poor health outcomes. Loneliness may also form an independent pathway between socio-economic disadvantage and poor health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the contribution of loneliness to socio-economic health inequalities. These contributions were studied in a Dutch national sample (<i>n</i> = 445,748 adults (≥19 y.o.)) in Poisson and logistic regressio ...[more]