Mortality after the death of a spouse: Rates and causes of death in a large Finnish cohort

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 8 I, 1996, Pages 1087-1093

  Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Valkonen, Tapani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STRESS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029764595     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.8_pt_1.1087     Document Type: Article

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