Married, unmarried, divorced, and widowed and the risk of stroke

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 41-46

  Andersen, K K ^a   Olsen, T S ^b  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

divorce; marital status; marriage; risk; single person; stroke; widowhood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVORCED MAN; DIVORCED PERSON; DIVORCED WOMAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED PERSON; MARRIED WOMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; VERY ELDERLY; WIDOW; WIDOWED PERSON; WIDOWER; MARRIAGE; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STROKE;

EID: 85042594544     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ane.12914     Document Type: Article

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