The costof themuse: Poets die young

Death Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 813-821

  Kaufman, James C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WRITING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; LIFESPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POETRY; TURKEY; WRITING;

EID: 0142242399     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713842357     Document Type: Article

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