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Bidirectional associations between loneliness and physical multimorbidity and the mediating role of social inactivity

Fig. 1. The flowchart of the study design. — Fig. 1. The flowchart of the study design.The flowchart of the study design.Zhou et al.

Nature Communications

The paper

Zhou Y, Zhu S, Holt-Lunstad J et al.

Nature Communications · 15 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76770-3 PubMed 42736300

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