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Assessing survival in widowers, and controls -A nationwide, six- to nine-year follow-up

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess if widowers had an increased mortality rate during the first 6 to 9 years after the death of their wife, compared initially to an age-matched control group and also compared to the general population of Iceland. METHODS: The study base was comprised of...

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Autores principales: Skulason, Bragi, Jonsdottir, Lilja Sigrun, Sigurdardottir, Valgerdur, Helgason, Asgeir R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3295697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22299754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-96