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VOLUNTARY WORK LED TO LONGER LIFE! A study on 2, 754 people in Tecumseh, Michigan, USA showed that the following were more likely to die during the course of the study than men who volunteered their help regularly and had more social contacts: • Men who did less volunteer work • Those who had less social contacts • Those who were relatively sedentary
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J.S. House et al. 1982. The association of social relationship and activities with mortality: prospective evidence from the Tecumseh community health study. American Journal of Epidemiology 116:123-140.