Mortality among men and women in same-sex marriage: A national cohort study of 8333 danes

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-137

  Frisch, Morten ^a   Brønnum Hansen, Henrik ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149215892     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.133801     Document Type: Article

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