Maternal bereavement: The heightened mortality of mothers after the death of a child

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 371-381

  Espinosa, Javier ^a   Evans, William N ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Child death; Cox proportional hazard; Mother mortality; National Longitudinal Mortality Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878381222     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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