Parental mortality rates in a western country after the death of a child: assessment of the role of the child's sex

Gender Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-46

  Werthmann, Jessica ^a   Smits, Luc J M ^b   Li, Jiong ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

death of child; gender; mortality; parental bereavement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GRIEF; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARENTAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CHILD; DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77049089289     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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