Stability and change in structural social relations as predictor of mortality among elderly women and men

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1087-1097

  Lund, Rikke ^a   Modvig, Jens ^a   Due, Pernille ^a   Evald Holstein, Bjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Mortality; Social relations; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034436758     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010897810514     Document Type: Article

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