Family biography and mortality in East and West Germany;Familienbiographie und mortalität in Ost- und Westdeutschland

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 430-440

  Brockmann, H ^a   Klein, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biography; Germany; Life course; Marital status; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIVORCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POLITICS; RISK; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0036815126     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-002-0123-4     Document Type: Article

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