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Loneliness in Primary Care Patients: A Prevalence Study

Rebecca A. Mullen, Sebastian Tong, Roy T. Sabo, Winston R. Liaw, John Marshall, Donald E. Nease, Alex H. Krist and John J. Frey
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2019, 17 (2) 108-115; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2358
Rebecca A. Mullen
1Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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  • For correspondence: rebecca.mullen@ucdenver.edu
Sebastian Tong
2Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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Roy T. Sabo
2Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
3Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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Winston R. Liaw
4Department of Health Systems and Population Heath Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
5Robert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Medicine & Primary Care, Washington, DC
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John Marshall
2Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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Donald E. Nease Jr
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Alex H. Krist
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John J. Frey III
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vol. 17 no. 2 108-115
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2358
PubMed 
30858253

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication August 16, 2018
  • Revision received November 4, 2018
  • Accepted for publication November 28, 2018
  • Published online March 11, 2019.

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  1. Rebecca A. Mullen, MD, MPH1⇑,
  2. Sebastian Tong, MD, MPH2,
  3. Roy T. Sabo, PhD2,3,
  4. Winston R. Liaw, MD, MPH4,5,
  5. John Marshall2,
  6. Donald E. Nease Jr, MD1,
  7. Alex H. Krist, MD, MPH2 and
  8. John J. Frey III, MD6
  1. 1Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
  2. 2Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
  3. 3Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
  4. 4Department of Health Systems and Population Heath Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
  5. 5Robert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Medicine & Primary Care, Washington, DC
  6. 6Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Rebecca A. Mullen, MD, MPH Mail Stop F49612631 East 17th Avenue, Room 3510 Aurora, CO 80045 rebecca.mullen{at}ucdenver.edu

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