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Drs. Alexander Smith and Rebecca Sudore co-publish paper in JAMA Internal Medicine

 

NCIRE-supported Principal Investigators, Drs. Alexander Smith and Rebecca Sudore, co-published a paper in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine titled “Social Isolation and Mortality in Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease”.

Smith and Sudore joined researchers, led by fellow University of California, San Francisco colleague Dr. Angela Suen, in the cohort study to determine the impact of social isolation on individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The study used 2006-2022 data from the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) for adults aged 51 years or older, which is conducted biennially until death.

Learn more: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2825360

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