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The increase in marital status differences in mortality up to the oldest age in seven European countries, 1990–99

Michael Murphy London School of Economics and Political Science,
,
Emily Grundy London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
&
Stamatis Kalogirou London School of Economics and Political Science,
Pages 287-298 | Received 01 Oct 2006, Published online: 02 Nov 2007

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