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Contribution of Social Class to Differences Between Single and Married Men in Mortality From Peptic Ulcer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Carol Buck
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Summary

Mortality from peptic ulcer among middle-aged Canadian males in the period 1959–63 has been analysed by marital status and social class. Adjustment for social class reduced only slightly the mortality disadvantage of single males compared with married males.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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