The effect of losing the twin and losing the partner on mortality

Twin Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 210-217

  Tomassini, Cecilia ^a,e   Rosina, Alessandro ^b   Billari, Francesco C ^c   Skytthe, Axel ^d   Christensen, Kaare ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TWINS; WIDOW; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEREDITY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZYGOSITY;

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; RISK; SPOUSES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TWINS; WIDOWHOOD; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0036018986     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.5.3.210     Document Type: Article

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