The impact of changes in marital status on the mortality of elderly Japanese

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 218-222

  Nagata, Chisato ^a   Takatsuka, Naoyoshi ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese women; Longitudinal; Marital status; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GENDER; HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; WIDOW;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0037382609     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(02)00409-X     Document Type: Article

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