Widowhood and Mortality: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression.
The study of spousal bereavement and mortality has long been a major topic of interest for social scientists, but much remains unknown with respect to important moderating factors, such as age, follow-up duration, and geographic region. The present study examines these factors using meta-analysis. K...
| Publicado en: | Demography (Springer Nature) Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 575 - 607 |
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