The Epidemiologic Evidence for a Relationship Between Social Support and Health

Journal Article THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HEALTH Get access W. EUGENE BROADHEAD, W. EUGENE BROADHEAD 1Duke-Watts Family Medicine ProgramDurham, NC2University of North Carolina School of Public HealthChapel Hill, NC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar BERTON H. KAPLAN, BERTON H. KAPLAN 2University of North Carolina School of Public HealthChapel Hill, NC Reprint requests to Dr. Berton H. Kaplan, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar SHERMAN A. JAMES, SHERMAN A. JAMES 2University of North Carolina School of Public HealthChapel Hill, NC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar EDWARD H. WAGNER, EDWARD H. WAGNER 2University of North Carolina School of Public HealthChapel Hill, NC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar VICTOR J. SCHOENBACH, VICTOR J. SCHOENBACH 2University of North Carolina School of Public HealthChapel Hill, NC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar ROGER GRIMSON, ROGER GRIMSON 2University of North Carolina School of Public HealthChapel Hill, NC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar SIEGFRIED HEYDEN, SIEGFRIED HEYDEN 3Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical CenterDurham, NC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar GŌSTA TIBBLIN, GŌSTA TIBBLIN 4Department of Social Medicine, Akademiska sjukhosetUppsala, Sweden Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar STEPHEN H. GEHLBACH STEPHEN H. GEHLBACH 1Duke-Watts Family Medicine ProgramDurham, NC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar American Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 117, Issue 5, May 1983, Pages 521–537, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113575 Published: 01 May 1983