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Loneliness, Adversity and Mood

A longitudinal study of the impact of social network size and loneliness on cognitive performance in depressed older adults

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Pages 889-897 | Received 02 Jul 2018, Accepted 26 Dec 2018, Published online: 07 Feb 2019

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