Linda Rothman, Teresa To, Ron Buliung, Colin Macarthur, Andrew Howard
Influence of social and built environment features on children walking to school: an observational study
Preventive medicine
social isolation associated worse health however studies examined health effects isolation among african americans purpose study evaluate associations social isolation selfrated physical oral health national survey american life nationally representative sample african americans social isolation operationalized reflect objective isolation lack contact subjective isolation lack emotional closeness selfrated physical oral health regressed objective subjective isolation controlling marital status gender age family income education health behaviors poorer selfrated physical health associated objective isolation poorer selfrated oral health associated subjective isolation study contributes small literature impact social isolation health among african americans furthermore first examine relationship isolation selfrated oral health population