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. 2001 Sep;78(3):411–418. doi: 10.1093/jurban/78.3.411

Social networks, risk-potential networks, health, and disease

Samuel R Friedman 1,✉, Sevgi Aral 2
PMCID: PMC3455917  PMID: 11564845

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