Historical trends of survival among widows and widowers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-254

  Mineau, Geraldine P ^a   Smith, Ken R ^b   Bean, Lee L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Remarriage; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENEALOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; RELIGION; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UTAH; WIDOWHOOD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036132160     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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