Myocardial infarction in parents who lost a child: A nationwide prospective cohort study in Denmark

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1634-1639

  Li, Jiong ^a   Hansen, Dorthe ^a,b   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^c   Olsen, Jørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Risk factors; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DENMARK; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SUICIDE;

EID: 0037167694     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000031569.45667.58     Document Type: Article

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