Widowhood and race

American Sociological Review

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-41

  Elwert, Felix ^a,b   Christakis, Nicholas A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HEALTH IMPACT; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646681098     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240607100102     Document Type: Article

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