Predictors of mortality among a national sample of elderly widowed people: Analysis of 28-year mortality rates

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 527-530

  Bowling, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Elderly; Mortality; Old age; Physical functioning; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; WIDOW;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 69449084570     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp108     Document Type: Article

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