Effects of marital status on the risk of mortality in poor and non-poor neighborhoods

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 343-349

  Smith, Ken R ^a   Waitzman, Norman J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital status; Mortality; Poverty; Poverty area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030876123     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00031-8     Document Type: Article

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