Trends in total and cause-specific mortality by marital status among elderly Norwegian men and women

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Berntsen, Kjersti Norgård ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORWAY; REGISTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; NORWAY; REGISTRIES;

EID: 79961127847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-537     Document Type: Article

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