Increasing excess mortality among non-married elderly people in developed countries

Demographic Research

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 305-330

  Valkonen, Tapani ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Blomgren, Jenni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 4344595973     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2004.s2.12     Document Type: Article

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