Shye, Diana; Mullooly, John P.; Freeborn, Donald K.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 41 (1995) 7, pp. 935-947
Despite well-recognized gender differences in patterns of social network support, few studies have explored whether the pathways by which social support affects mortality risk differ for men and women. In a 15-year follow-up study of elderly HMO members, we found that network size affected men's...