Mortality following conjugal bereavement and the effects of a shared environment

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1142-1152

  Schaefer, Catherine ^a   Quesenberry, Charles P ^a   Wi, Soora ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Mortality; Social environment; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSE; SURVIVAL RATE; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029037365     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117387     Document Type: Article

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