Marital status, health and mortality

Maturitas

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 295-299

  Robards, James ^a   Evandrou, Maria ^a   Falkingham, Jane ^a   Vlachantoni, Athina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Informal care; Living arrangements; Marital status; Mortality; Older people

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; DIVORCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE HISTORY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MORTALITY;

EID: 84869090867     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.08.007     Document Type: Review

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