Open AccessMortality Among Men and Women in Same-Sex Marriage: A National Cohort Study of 8333 Danes
Author(s) -
Morten Frisch,
Henrik BrønnumHansen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.133801
Subject(s) - demography , medicine , population , confidence interval , cohort , danish , cohort study , mortality rate , sex ratio , excess mortality , standardized mortality ratio , gerontology , sociology , linguistics , philosophy
We studied overall mortality in a demographically defined, complete cohort of gay men and lesbians to address recent claims of markedly shorter life spans among homosexual persons.
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