Widowhood and mortality: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Moon, J Robin ^a   Kondo, Naoki ^b   Glymour, M Maria ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WIDOW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051722350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023465     Document Type: Article

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