Late-life mortality in older Jews exposed to the Nazi regime

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1380-1386

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocaust; Mortality; Psychological trauma; Resilience; World War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RELIGION; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAR CRIMES;

EID: 34548214551     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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