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Social isolation and loneliness

Social isolation, social support and loneliness as independent concepts, and their relationship with health-related quality of life among older women

Rosanne Freak-Polia Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;b Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Joanne Ryana Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7039-6325
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Thach Trana Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4686-8601
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Alice Owena Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Joanna McHugh Powerc Department of Psychology, Maynooth University, Co Kildare, IrelandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7387-3107
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Michael Berka Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;d IMPACT – The Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, School of Medicine, Barwon Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia;e Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, the Department of Psychiatry and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5554-6946
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Nigel Stocksf Discipline of General Practice, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9018-0361
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David Gonzalez-Chicaf Discipline of General Practice, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia;g Adelaide Rural Clinical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7153-2878
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Judy A. Lowthiana Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;h Bolton Clarke Research Institute, Bolton Clarke, Melbourne, Australia;i Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9780-5256
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Jane Fishera Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Julie Bylesj Research Centre for Generational Health and Ageing, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3984-6877
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Pages 1335-1344 | Received 20 Oct 2020, Accepted 31 May 2021, Published online: 05 Jul 2021

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