@article{ref1,
title="The short-term and long-term effects of divorce on mortality risk in a large Finnish cohort, 1990-2003",
journal="Population studies",
year="2013",
author="Metsä-Simola, Niina and Martikainen, Pekka",
volume="67",
number="1",
pages="97-110",
abstract="This study investigated time patterns of post-divorce excess mortality. Using register-based data, we followed 252,641 married Finns from 1990 until subsequent date of divorce and death until 2003. Among men, excess mortality is highest immediately after divorce, followed by a decline over 8 years. Among women, excess mortality shows little variation over time, and is lower than among men at all durations of divorce. Social and economic factors-largely adjustment for post-divorce factors-explain about half of the excess mortality. This suggests that excess mortality is partly mediated through poor social and economic resources. Mortality attributable to accidental, violent, and alcohol-related causes is pronounced shortly after divorce. It shows a strong pattern of reduction over the next 4 years among divorced men, and is high for only 6 months after divorce among divorced women. These findings emphasize the importance of short-term psychological distress, particularly among men.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0032-4728",
doi="10.1080/00324728.2012.746386",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2012.746386"
}