Effects of marriage, divorce, and widowhood on health

Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 357-373

  Stolzenberg, Ross M ^a   Waite, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84909322386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410613523     Document Type: Chapter

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