Does Widowhood Increase Mortality Risk? Testing for Selection Effects by Comparing Causes of Spousal Death

Boyle, P. J., Feng, Z., & Raab, G. M. (2011). Does Widowhood Increase Mortality Risk? Testing for Selection Effects by Comparing Causes of Spousal Death. Epidemiology, 1-5.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2011

DOI

10.1097/ede.0b013e3181fdcc0b

Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181fdcc0b

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1 citation across 1 artifact.

Domain-specific

• Widowhood Effect
  • … and demography: the index event is spousal death; the exposed person is the surviving spouse; the principal endpoint is the survivor's subsequent death; and the characteristic signature is excess mortality that is often largest in the early bereavement interval and may attenuate while remaining detectable later.

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