Misclassification bias in estimates of bereavement effects

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 995-1002

  Korenman, Sanders ^a   Goldman, Noreen ^b   Fu, Haishan ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; bereavement; bias (epidemiology); longitudinal studies; marriage; mortality; widowhood

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT CODING; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WIDOW;

EID: 0030925679     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009068     Document Type: Article

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