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SUBMITTER: Santacroce A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5948149 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Santacroce Adriana A Wastesson Jonas W JW Höhn Andreas A Christensen Kaare K Oksuzyan Anna A
Journal of epidemiology and community health 20180219 6
<h4>Background</h4>Recent findings suggest that bereavement due to spousal loss is associated with a decline in general immune functions, and thus to increased susceptibility to infections among widowed individuals. The present study aims to investigate whether spousal loss weakens immune defences more among men than among women using a 5% random sample of the total Danish population, and anti-infective medication use as a proxy for immune response.<h4>Methods</h4>We followed 6076 Danish individ ...[more]