Does marriage protect against hospitalization with pneumonia? A population-based case-control study

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 397-405

  Mor, Anil ^a   Ulrichsen, Sinna P ^a   Svensson, Elisabeth ^a   Berencsi, Klara ^a   Thomsen, Reimar W ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Immune function; Marital status; Mortality; Risk

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIVORCED PERSON; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); URBANIZATION; WIDOWED PERSON;

EID: 84885896261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S50505     Document Type: Article

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