The increase in marital status differences in mortality up to the oldest age in seven European countries, 1990-99

Population Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-298

  Murphy, Michael ^a   Grundy, Emily ^b   Kalogirou, Stamatis ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Marital status; Mortality; Older people; Time series; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

AGING; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 35848941724     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720701524466     Document Type: Article

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