Mortality after death of spouse in relation to duration of bereavement in Finland

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 264-268

  Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Valkonen, Tapani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE;

EID: 0029989048     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.3.264     Document Type: Article

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