Do education and income buffer the effects of death of spouse on mortality

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 530-534

  Martikainen, Pekka ^a,b   Valkonen, Tapani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Buffering; Death of spouse; Education; Income; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

EID: 0031812152     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199809000-00010     Document Type: Article

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