Mortality in parents after death of a child in Denmark: A nationwide follow-up study

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Volumn 361, Issue 9355, 2003, Pages 363-367

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0037308527     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12387-2     Document Type: Article

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