Death takes a raincheck

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 382-386

  Skala, Judith A ^a   Freedland, Kenneth E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Data interpretation; Death; Holidays; Mortality; Psychological; Statistical; Stress

Indexed keywords

DEATH; HUMAN; LEISURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VOLITION;

EID: 2442700247     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000127874.31062.4e     Document Type: Review

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