Lisa F. Berkman

Research topics

• Health disparities and outcomes · 1 paper
• Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · 1 paper
• Employment and Welfare Studies · 1 paper

Frequent co-authors

• S. Leonard Syme · 1 paper

Papers

1. SOCIAL NETWORKS, HOST RESISTANCE, AND MORTALITY: A NINE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY RESIDENTSAmerican Journal of Epidemiology · 1979 · 5,393 citations

   The relationship between social and community ties and mortality was assessed using the 1965 Human Population Laboratory survey of a random sample of 6928 adults in Alameda County, California and a subsequent nine-year mortality follow-up. The findings show that people…