Life and death in the family: Early parental death, parental remarriage, and offspring suicide risk in adulthood

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 181-189

  Hollingshaus, Michael S ^a   Smith, Ken R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Competing risks; Life course; Parental death; Remarriage; Sensitive stages; Suicide; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTAL DEATH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925447840     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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