_____________is as great a mortality risk as smoking, obesity, and high blood pressure
A) Poor job satisfaction
B) Chronic social isolation
C) Being married
D) Experiencing an episode of discrimination
Answer: B
Rationale: Chronic social isolation is as great a mortality risk as smoking, obesity, and high blood pressure. While the other options are all stressors, they do not typically have as profound an effect on health, especially when not chronically experienced.
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