Does widowhood increase mortality risk?: Testing for selection effects by comparing causes of spousal death

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Boyle, Paul J ^a   Feng, Zhiqiang ^a   Raab, Gillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; WIDOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 78650766946     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181fdcc0b     Document Type: Article

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