Effect of conjugal bereavement on mortality of the bereaved spouse in participants of the Renfrew/Paisley study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 455-460

  Hart, Carole L ^a   Hole, David J ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^b   Smith, George Davey ^b   Lever, Tony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; SPOUSE; STROKE; VIOLENCE; WIDOW; WIDOWER;

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PAISLEY; RENFREWSHIRE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247500265     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.052043     Document Type: Article

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