Till death do us part: Marital status and U.S. mortality trends,1986 - 2000

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1158-1173

  Liu, Hui ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital status; Mortality; Social trends social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149092620     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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