Competing explanations for associations between marital status and health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 523-532

  Wyke, Sally ^a   Ford, Graeme ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health; marital status; social causation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK-TAKING; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026514871     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(92)90208-8     Document Type: Article

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