Living alone is a risk factor for mortality in men but not women from the general population: a prospective cohort study.

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Published in BMC Public Health on November 16, 2007

Authors

Ulla Kandler1, Christa Meisinger, Jens Baumert, Hannelore Löwel, KORA Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Ingolstädter Landstr, 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany,. ulla.kandler@gsf.de

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