Influence of marital history over two and three generations on early death. A longitudinal study of Danish men born in 1953

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 496-501

  Lund, Rikke ^a   Christensen, Ulla ^a   Holstein, Bjørn Evald ^a   Due, Pernille ^a   Osler, Merete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENMARK; DIVORCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DIVORCE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOBENHAVN [DENMARK]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33744485843     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.037689     Document Type: Article

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