Life sustaining irritations? Relationship quality and mortality in the context of chronic illness

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1291-1299

  Birditt, Kira ^a   Antonucci, Toni C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Mortality; Social relationships; Survival analysis; USA

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL IRRITATION; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RELATIVE; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50349101323     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.029     Document Type: Article

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