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A Mother’s Risk Of Early Death Skyrockets Following The Death Of A Child

June 29, 2012 by

In the first two years following the death of a child, there is a 133% increase in the risk of the mother dying, a new study from the University of Notre Dame shows. Titled "Maternal bereavement: the heightened mortality of mothers after the death of a child," the study is published in the current issue of Economics and Human Biology...

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