Marital history from age 15 to 40 years and subsequent 10-year mortality: A longitudinal study of Danish males born in 1953

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 389-397

  Lund, Rikke ^a   Holstein, Bjørn Evald ^a   Osler, Merete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Life course; Longitudinal study; Marital history; Men; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY RISK;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIVORCE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTRATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WIDOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DENMARK; DIVORCE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 1842668141     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh065     Document Type: Article

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