Increased risk of acute cardiovascular events after partner bereavement a matched cohort study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 598-605

  Carey, Iain M ^a   Shah, Sunil M ^a   DeWilde, Stephen ^a   Harris, Tess ^a   Victor, Christina R ^b   Cook, Derek G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK; SPOUSES; STROKE;

EID: 84898478676     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14558     Document Type: Article

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